HISTORY of Brewster Hospital

Built in 1885 as a private residence, Old Brewster Hospital and Nursing Training School was the first medical facility to serve Jacksonville’s African-American community. Located in the LaVilla neighborhood, the hospital opened in 1901 through the efforts of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Matilda Cutting Brewster of Danielson, Connecticut, donated $1,000 in honor of her late husband, the Rev. George A. Brewster, to help start the hospital. Brewster Hospital was sponsored by the nearby Boylan Industrial Home and School, a private institution for African- American girls. One of the earliest nursing training programs in Florida, its students were welcomed by the community and made 1,230 house calls in 1901. The hospital soon outgrew its first facility and relocated to a different part of LaVilla in 1910. By 1931, it was located in a large brick building on North Jefferson Street in the Old Sugar Hill neighborhood. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Brewster Hospital closed in 1966 and reopened in 1967 as the Methodist Hospital. In 2005, the Old Brewster Hospital building was moved to its present location from its original site at 915 West Monroe Street.

 

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VISITING BREWSTER HOSPITAL

If you would like to come visit the Brewster Nurses Gallery at 843 W Monroe St, Jacksonville, FL 32202, you can set up an appointment by emailing Info@nflt.org or calling (904) 479-1967.

 

MEDIA HITS

 

First Coast Black Nurses Association

The Heartbeat of the Community! FCBNA continues to engage in events and programming that contribute to improving the quality of healthcare for African Americans and other minority groups in Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding counties. Organized in February of 2000 and officially chartered by the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) in August of 2000, FCBNA continues to engage in events and programming that contribute to improving the quality of healthcare for African Americans and other minority groups in Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding counties.

FCBNA website: https://www.fcbna.org/
FCBNA email: fcbnajax@gmail.com
FCBNA on Instagram: fcbnajax

Key Initiatives

Preservation Fund

The Preservation Fund was created to respond to our rapidly disappearing landscape and raise funds fast. It supports the crux of our mission to preserve and restore the most treasured lands in our region.
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Corridor to Coast (C2C)

North Florida Land Trust and its partners have been awarded more than $15 million by the NRCS through its Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to support the Corridor to Coast (C2C) initiative that extends through the Northeast and Central Florida region to the east coast and includes a “critical linkage” within the Florida Wildlife Corridor and Ecological Greenways Network, the O2O Wildlife Corridor. The C2C is approximately 5.2 million acres and covers portions of nine counties that include privately owned working lands and forests, freshwater wetlands, natural areas, pastures and public conservation lands. The C2C is an extension of the O2O partnership led by NFLT and includes public and private organizations dedicated to landscape-scale conservation.
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Amelia Forever

Amelia Island residents care about a green, vibrant and resilient community. North Florida Land Trust has partnered with the City of Fernandina Beach to identify and acquire properties across the island to serve as park space and wildlife habitats, which will add to the vibrancy of the area. Find out more about how we can preserve the remaining natural resources on Amelia Island, forever.
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Bogey Creek Preserve

After nearly two decades of conversations and negotiations, Bogey Creek Preserve is finally a reality. North Florida Land Trust’s first publicly accessible park, Bogey Creek Preserve is a 75-acre gem in the Pumpkin Hill neighborhood of north Jacksonville.
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