CityViewNC.com | 65
Fayetteville History is sponsored by Sandhills Oral Surgery & Implant Dentistry
Dr. Gary Jones YOU
Imagine
YOU
Here
Dr. James Turonis Dr. Josh Berridge Dr. Mac Worley
FOUR DENTAL SPECIALISTS COMMITTED TO PUTTING YOU FIRST!
YOUR DENTAL
SURGICAL SPECIALISTS
f l
910.483.9216
1295 Oliver Street
Fayetteville, NC 28304
www.sandhillsoralsurgery.com
Point your smart
phone camera at this
QR code to visit our
website
West, a surgeon, founded Cumberland General Hospital. Seavy
Highsmith was the nephew of Dr. Jacob Highsmith. Later, Dr. R. B.
Hayes became associated with the hospital. is red brick structure
was located on Old Street between the First Baptist Church and the
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. Over the entrance to
Cumberland General Hospital was a stone cross. Babies born in that
hospital were oen referred to as having been "born under the sign of
the cross."
e original building had a basement and two stories. A third
story was later added. Dr. West returned to his native Pennsylvania
because of poor health. Dr. Highsmith continued his practice on
the main floor until his death in 1942, which ended the practice of
medicine at Cumberland General Hospital. Years later, the building
was converted into a rooming house known as Ivy Inn. is building
was destroyed by fire in November 1977.
Dr. Raymond L. Pittman, who came to Fayetteville in 1913,
founded the Pittman Hospital in 1919. is large hospital was located
on the south side of Hay Street to the right of Huske Hardware House
almost directly across from the Prince Charles Hotel. e present
City Hall is now on that site.
Left, Dr. Seavy Highsmith, a general practitioner, and Dr. Thomas Marshall West, a surgeon, founded Cumberland General Hospital
in 1912. Right, Dr. Raymond L. Pittman, who came to Fayetteville in 1913, founded the Pittman Hospital in 1919.
