Helen Newberry Nurses Home

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caption = Facade of the Helen Newberry Nurses Home facing John R. Street
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 7.5
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 31.5
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built = 1898
architect= Elijah E. Myers
architecture= Unknown
added = July 03, 2008
governing_body = Private
refnum=08000576cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Helen Newberry Nurses Home is a multi-unit residential building located at 100 East Willis (at the corner of Willis and John R.) in Detroit, Michigan.

History

Detroit's Grace Hospital opened in 1888; the next year Grace Hospital Training School for Nurses was opened under the direction of Eugenie Hibbard. [http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/collections/hefa_1352.htm The Grace Hospital Collection,] Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University] The first class had fourteen students. Grace Hospital Training School was one of the first training schools for nurses in the United States. By 1898, it was recognized that student nurses needed nearby housing wile attending the Training School. The Helen Newberry Nurses Home was built to house these nursing students. [http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160--197886--,00.html "Seven Michigan Properties Added to the National Register of Historic Places,"] press release, Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries (HAL), Aug. 7, 2008] Funds to construct the building were donated by Helen Handy Newberry, wife of John Stoughton Newberry and mother of Truman Handy Newberry. Architect Elijah E. Myers, who also constructed the Michigan State Capitol, designed the building.

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