Slater Hospital

Slater Hospital was the first hospital in the county for Blacks.  Simon Green Atkins raised $3,650 and R.J. Reynolds matched the amount to fund the building.  The hospital was located next the Salter Industrial and State Normal School.   Later the building was used as a men’s dormitory and for home economics class. This building was eventually closed in 1912.

(Photo: Digital Forsyth)