1914: Barnes Hospital opens

Barnes Hospital opens. Its outpatient clinic treats Black patients, but Black hospital patients are admitted to segregated care in two adjacent houses. One room in the Barnes Emergency Division is designated for Black surgical and obstetrical patients.

Washington University Medical Campus, 1915. Care for Black hospital patients is restricted to the two houses, seen just left of the smokestack.

Image: Washington University Medical Campus, 1915. Care for Black hospital patients is restricted to the two houses, seen just left of the smokestack.