This postcard dates from 1907 and shows the old Simpson Hospital located at the corner of Oak Avenue and Fourth Street in South Pittsburg. The hospital was for women and only operated for about three months when, in early 1908 Dr. J. A. Simpson moved his family to Texas. The building was constructed in 1877 and served as headquarters for the Old English Company that built South Pittsburg during the first boom of the late 1870s. After serving as a hospital, the house was owned by Bert Cook and family and was the childhood home of Catherine (Cook) Brown. The home was later owned by Dr. & Mrs. William L. Headrick who altered the house and added the columns to the front porch. Today the house looks very different than when it served as a hospital back in 1907. It is one of the few homes that still exist in South Pittsburg that were built by the Old English Company.
~Submitted by David Head
