| Howard University Hospital | |
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| Howard University Healthcare | |
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 Howard University Hospital in August 2008 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 2041 Georgia Ave., NW 20060, Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°55′03″N 77°01′12″W / 38.9175°N 77.02°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Private, nonprofit |
| Affiliated university | Howard University College of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 300 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1862 |
| Links | |
| Website | huhealthcare.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Howard University Hospital, previously known as Freedmen's Hospital, is a major hospital located in Washington, D.C., built on the site of Griffith Stadium, a former professional baseball stadium that served as the home field of the Washington Senators. The hospital has served the African American community in the Washington metropolitan area since its 1862 founding.
Following the Civil War, the hospital catered to the medical needs of thousands of African Americans who fled the Southern United States for the Northeast as part of the Great Migration.[1] The first hospital of its kind to provide medical treatment for former slaves, it later became the major hospital for the area's African American community.[2]
- ^ ""Freedmen's Hospital: Exploring Howard University's Roots", NLM In Focus, National Library of Medicine, February 29, 2008". Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ^ "Freedmen's Hospital/Howard University Hospital (1862-- ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved February 12, 2016.