Site of Railway Hospital

Dr. Robert Henry Harrison (1826-1905), graduate of the Botanico Medical College, Cincinnati, and Alabama Medical College, moved to Columbus in the 1870s, while the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio (later Southern Pacific) railway was building Columbus- San Antonio line. Physician to G.H. & S.A. president T. W. Peirce, he was 1880-87 medical and surgical director, Atlantic Division of the Southern Pacific. In 1880 he built a hospital for railway employees at this site. Staff included Drs. J. H. Bowers, A. S. McDaniel, and R. H. Harrison, Jr. About 1886, hospital burned, and was not rebuilt.

Site of Railway Hospital is a historical marker in Columbus, Colorado County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7055, -96.5430 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is City of Columbus (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence, Site of Columbus Female Seminary, and Ilse-Rau House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5089004168. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.