Riverside General Hospital

Riverside General Hospital is the later name of a historic hospital facility in Houston, Texas, whose original name was Houston Negro Hospital. The institution and building are associated with Houston's medical history and with the development of healthcare facilities serving the city's African American community. The original hospital building stood at 3204 Ennis Street in Houston. A major expansion added an extra wing in 1961. Following completion of that project, the whole facility was renamed Riverside General Hospital. This change marked a transition from the site's original institutional identity while preserving its role as a hospital complex. The available reference material does not establish the hospital's founding year, founders, ownership structure, operating history after the renaming, or present operational status. The original building has significance as a surviving historic resource. It was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1982. The listing recognizes the importance of the property as part of Houston's architectural and institutional history. The subject is therefore best understood not as a consumer-facing commercial brand, but as a historic healthcare institution and site whose earlier name remains important to its historical identification.

Riverside General Hospital is the name adopted by a Houston hospital facility that was originally called Houston Negro Hospital. The original building was located at 3204 Ennis Street in Houston, Texas. The name Houston Negro Hospital reflects the facility's historical connection with healthcare provision for the city's African American population, although the available reference material does not provide sufficient detail about its founding organization, opening date, medical staff, governance, or day-to-day services. The principal documented turning point in the site's history occurred in 1961, when an expansion project added an extra wing to the hospital. After the expansion was completed, the entire facility was renamed Riverside General Hospital. The renaming distinguishes the later hospital complex from the original Houston Negro Hospital building, while both names refer to the same historical site and institutional development. The original building later received formal historic recognition. On December 27, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. This designation placed the property within the United States' recognized inventory of historically significant places. Its importance derives from its architectural and institutional associations, including its connection to the history of African American healthcare in Houston. The supplied sources do not establish whether Riverside General Hospital remains in operation, when its clinical activities ended, whether the building changed ownership, or how the property has been used in more recent decades. Accordingly, the current status, management, and any subsequent redevelopment are left unspecified.

• 1982

  National Register of Historic Places listing

  [1]Riverside General Hospitalen.wikipedia.org

  The original hospital building at 3204 Ennis Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1982.

• 1961

  Expansion and renaming

  [1]Riverside General Hospitalen.wikipedia.org

  An expansion project added an extra wing to the hospital. Once the project was completed, the entire facility was renamed Riverside General Hospital, replacing Houston Negro Hospital as the facility's institutional name.

A historic healthcare institution and landmark associated with Houston's African American medical history.

• 1961

  Rename the expanded hospital complexStrategy

  Background

  The hospital underwent an expansion that added an extra wing to the existing facility.

  Action taken

  After the expansion was completed, the entire facility adopted the name Riverside General Hospital instead of Houston Negro Hospital.

  Aftermath

  The former name remains associated with the original historic building, while Riverside General Hospital identifies the expanded facility in later historical references.

  Source

1. 1Riverside General Hospitalen.wikipedia.org