Castle Douglas, Academy Street, Castle Douglas Hospital — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Castle Douglas Hospital stood on Academy Street as a nineteenth-century institution that may have continued through the first World War. It is no longer a hospital, but the address still carries the shape of care given under pressure. A building that treats people in peacetime and wartime becomes a measure of what the town believed worth protecting.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Douglas, Academy Street, Castle Douglas Hospital as Hospital (first World War)(possible), Hospital (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built as a hospital during the 19th century and possibly used during World War I, Castle Douglas Hospital served as an important local medical facility. It is remembered for its role in providing healthcare in the Castle Douglas area during a period of significant social and military demand.

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