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Property Name	Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children
Reference Number	13000262
State	West Virginia
County	Cabell
Town	Milton
Street Address	Along Morris Memorial Rd between James River Tpk and U.S. Rt. 60, Milton, WV
Multiple Property Submission Name	N/A
Status	Listed 05/08/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000262.pdf

Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children is eligible for listing in the National Register at the local level under Criterion A: Health/Medicine for its significance as self-sufficient children's hospital, used primarily for the treatment of polio. It is also eligible at the local level under Criterion A: Social History for its association with the Works Progress Administration, the Depression-era public works agency that funded and constructed the building. The period of significance begins in 1936, when the building was constructed, and ends in 1960 when the hospital closed.

 

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