Wheatley-Provident Hospital facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wheatley-Provident Hospital
Southeast side and front door
Location	Kansas City, Missouri
Elevation	817 ft
Built	1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Original use	St. Joseph's Parochial School
Rebuilt	June 1, 1918; 105 years ago (1918-06-01)
Restored by	1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC
Current use	Historical restoration
Owner	1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC

Viewed from the northeast, under rehabilitation, in August 2020

Etching above the east-facing front door

North face, with the rooftop "ASYLUM" sign remnant from having been a Halloween haunted house attraction in the 1980s-1990s

Fundraiser photo, 1917

Wheatley-Provident Hospital is a historic site at 1826 Forest Avenue in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1903 as St. Joseph's Parochial School. On June 1, 1918 after an extensive fundraiser of US$25,000 (equivalent to $486,394 in 2022) it was repurposed as Kansas City's first hospital for Black people by Dr. John Edward Perry and his wife Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry, who was the daughter of Rosetta Douglass and granddaughter of Frederick Douglass. It entered the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 2007 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 2020. The owner is 1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC, which is rehabilitating the property into office space, preferably for tenants in the medical field for consistency with its heritage.

History