Summary The Army Navy Hospital in Arkansas is the first Federal Military Hospital in the United States. The Army Navy Hospital opened to patients in January 1887. It was led by the Secretary of War but control was handed over to the U.S Army in 1957. Approximately 15,000 patients were emitted during the years of war. The Army Navy Hospital treated over 125,000 patients over its lifetime including Helen Keller and Joe DiMaggio. In 1933 the main building was replaced with a new massive 518 bed building. It was constructed just a few years after World War II. In 1960 the hospital became a rehabilitation centre and was ran by the state of Arkansas. In 2011 the rehabilitation centre closed down and became the Arkansas Career Training Institute. Unfortunately after years of decline in enrolment the state of Arkansas closed the Arkansas Career Training Institute in May of 2019. The Army Navy Hospital is on the Most Endangered Places list. The whole property is offered for free but with strict rules for use of the property to an approved organization.

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