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Blanche Barrus Nurses’ Home

Blanche Barrus Nurses' Home

In 1927 the cornerstone for the Blanche Barrus Nurses’ Home was laid and in March 1928 the building was dedicated in honor of Miss Blanche Barrus. Blanche was very active in women’s nursing work in North Carolina and had a very sacrificial spirit and concern for others. Her goal was to be a medical missionary but she had to give up her plans and hopes because of an illness that took her life right after she finished her internship. The first floor of the new Nurses’ Home had a large living room, Housemother’s quarters, side porch and linen room. The second and third stories were composed of bedrooms, each for two students with a full bath between each two rooms.In 1959, this home was renovated for one of the nation’s first Progressive Care Centers designed to reduce costs to patients not requiring full nursing and medical care at NCBH.

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Source of Description: The Gray and White Matter. 1950.
created
00/00/1950
description
In 1927 the cornerstone for the Blanche Barrus Nurses’ Home was laid and in March 1928 the building was dedicated in honor of Miss Blanche Barrus. Blanche was very active in women’s nursing work in North Carolina and had a very sacrificial spirit and concern for others. Her goal was to be a medical missionary but she had to give up her plans and hopes because of an illness that took her life right after she finished her internship. The first floor of the new Nurses’ Home had a large living room, Housemother’s quarters, side porch and linen room. The second and third stories were composed of bedrooms, each for two students with a full bath between each two rooms.In 1959, this home was renovated for one of the nation’s first Progressive Care Centers designed to reduce costs to patients not requiring full nursing and medical care at NCBH.
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Photoprint
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DF 398
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nbg/bld/nbg_bld_00398-th, nbg/bld/nbg_bld_00398
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Digital Forsyth NBG Buildings
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NBG_bld_398
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
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rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Digital Forsyth, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources
title
Blanche Barrus Nurses' Home
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