East Elevation of Building
Photo: Larry Moore, June 15, 2018 CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
In 1940, Coryell County voters passed an issue for $30,000 in bonds bearing interest at the rate of not more than three percent to build a county hospital. Those bonds were issued on July 8, 1940.
Designed by architects Brooks Pierson of Waco and L. S. Secrest of Gatesville, a 34-bed hospital built primarily with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor was constructed and equipped between 1942 and 1943 at a cost of around $60,000.
The county renovated the building in 2013 for a mental health unit, and currently the building is the Gatesville Center for Central County Services, which provides treatment for those diagnosed with mental illness.
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Cornerstone
Source notes
Cornerstone
Coryell Memorial Helthcare System Extended History
(http://www.cmhos.org/about-coryell-memorial-healthcare-system-alias/our-history/cmhs-extended-history), accessed June 22, 2018.Renovated Gatesville facility nearly ready to open
(http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_84cc273e-2e40-11e3-ad59-0019bb30f31a.html), accessed June 22, 2018.
Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on June 20, 2018.
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