Hillman Hospital was located on 20th Street South between 6th and 7th Avenues. It has been incorporated in the UAB Hospital system and still stands. At one time the babies were housed in the old Hillman building. >From: James Roberts <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports >Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:38:38 -0500 > >Where was the Hillman hospital located? Was it next to any hotels that >any of my relatives might have stayed at? > >Carl & Martha Thomas wrote: > > >At 02:37 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: > > > > > >>I know nothing much about Birmingham, but I do know that for a time, > >>early on, one of the prominent hotels was the Florence. I don't know > >>whether or not it still existed in 1945. It is just another name for > >>your consideration. > >> > >> > > > >Oops, and apologies. My old memory did indeed misfire. It was the > >Florence Hotel that burned to the ground in the thirties. > > > >Incidentally, I don't think that there is any link between the > >Hillman Hotel and the Hillman Hospital except for the names. > > > >Carl in Knoxville, Tennessee > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Add a Yahoo! contact to Windows Live Messenger for a chance to win a free trip! http://www.imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/yahoo/default.aspx?locale=en-us&hmtagline