Harvey and Clarke, an architectural firm responsible for 7 million dollars worth of new construction in South Florida between 1921 and 1925, designed Pine Ridge Hospital in 1923. It was the only area hospital that admitted blacks during segregation. In the 1920s and 1930s, the hospital superintendent, Petra Pinn, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, and all the nurses were medically certified, but the hospital was ill-equipped. Pine Ridge Hospital was open until 1956, when patients were moved to the new black-only north wing of St. Mary's Hospital. The building was completely renovated in 2000.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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