Walden Hospital
Chattanooga

Walden Hospital
East 8th Street
Chattanooga, TN

Dr. Emma Rochelle Wheeler, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, owned and operated Walden Hospital. The hospital was established in 1915 to serve the medical needs of Chattanooga's Negro community.  The hospital had a 30-bed capacity and was staffed by 19 black doctors of the Mountain City Medical Society.  For 20 years, the hospital served as a nursing school.  After 37 years of service, Walden Hospital closed in June 1952.

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