Park View Nurses to Celebrate Commemorative Anniversary

Next year marks the 100^th Commemorative Anniversary of Park View Hospital and the 25^thAnniversary of the Park View Nurses’ Alumnae Scholarship Endowment. Park View Hospital opened its doors on July 1, 1914 and closed in May of 1971. In 1914, Park View opened with a 25-bed capacity. For 57 years, Park View Hospital was able to maintain modern facilities and medical equipment. At its closing in 1971, Park View Hospital had 145 beds. Hospital staff witnessed the effects of the 1918 Spanish flu and four wars during its reign as the largest hospital in Rocky Mount.Above, Park View Alumnae Association members gather at the soda fountain at Thompson’s Pharmacy in downtown Rocky Mount to reminisce about their days next door at the School of Nursing across from Park View Hospital. Pictured from left: Louise Riddick, Mary Keene, Eva King, Margaret Bass, Anne Greene, Martha Price, Ernell Edwards, Gayle Hollingsworth, Frances Batchelor, Flora Powell, Carolyn Shearin and Patty Collins.