Frontier Nursing Service

  • Also Known As: Frontier Nursing Service Complex

  • Address: Hospital Hill, off Hickory St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1925/00/00 Mary C Breckinridge Vocation Mary Breckinridge establishes the Frontier Nursing Service in Leslie County, Kentucky to provide healthcare for children in remote areas
1928/06/00 Mary C Breckinridge Vocation Hyden Hospital and Health Center is dedicated
1939/11/01 Mary C Breckinridge Vocation Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery, established by Mrs Breckinridge, enrolls its first class

Data »

Particulars for Frontier Nursing Service:
Area of Significance Education
Area of Significance Health-medicine
Sight Category Historic District
Historic Use Hospital
Historic Use Institutional housing
Profession Midwifery
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 90002126
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Health-medicine, Education
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1928
Associated People: Breckinridge
Historic Function: Education, Domestic, Health care
Historic Sub-Function: School, Institutional housing, Hospital
Current Function: Education, Domestic, Health care
Current Sub-Function: Institutional housing School

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