Location Information (for the Northeast Mississippi Hospital) Name: Northeast Mississippi Hospital [Baptist Memorial Hospital] Address: 445 Washington Street City/County: Booneville, Prentiss County Architectural Information Construction Date: 1949-1950 Architectural Styles(s): Modern, International Context/Comments This building is first referenced on a Mississippi Commission on Hospital Care (MCHC) construction progress report of 1948, which identifies the structure as Project #14. According to the 1968 Federal Register, the following projects were funded through the Hill-Burton program: 1947—approved for 50-bed hospital at a total cost of $600,973 1955—approved for addition to accommodate 30 more beds at cost of $187,274 1963—approved for 39 bed capacity at cost of $1,322,611 Based on field observations, it is believed that the 1963 addition rendered the original building barely discernible. The 1973 topo map shows three wings projecting southward. Only the eastern wing survives. (Hill-Burton Survey, 2019).

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Brief Description This hospital has expanded considerably since its initial construction. The original facility is indiscernible, but it is believed to have been a one-story, horizontal (east to west) facility with a flat roof and brick exterior. By 1973, three large wings projected from the rear (south) and only one survives. The northwest corner of the hospital is dominated by a four-story, yellw brick L-shaped block with a red-brick water table and flat roof. East of this massing is a prominent 2nd floor canopy that cantilevers over the original east-west hospital and projects to the north above a driveway. It is supported by round concrete columns and contains windows at the second floor level. These windows are paired, single fixed lights with transoms. The northeast corner of the hospital is dominated by a three-story brick building with a flat roof. This historic addition is International-style in design with rows of of ribbon windows. Here, the windows are comprised of paired single fixed lights with transoms, flanked on either side by a vertical fixed pane. This pattern repeats throughout the ribbon which continues the width of each elevation on all floors save but the first floor. The east elevation of the one surviving original south wing is slightly visible. (Hill-Burton Survey, 2019).