Women's Ward Building, Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
1930/06
Description:
View of Women's Ward Building at Huntington State Hospital. W. D. McClung, M. D., superintendent. Following the death on September 20, 1930, of Dr. L. V. Guthrie, who for nearly 30 years was head of Huntington State Hospital, his widow, Mrs. M. L. Guthrie was appointed by Governor Conley as acting superintendent of that institution, to serve until such a time as Dr. Guthrie's successor should be appointed and qualified. On December 5, 1930, W. D. McClung, M. D., for ten years superintendent of Spencer State Hospital was commissioned by Governor William G. Conley as superintendent of Huntington Hospital. This institution is located at Huntington, Cabell County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginia Railroads; by the interurban line of the Ohio Valley Electric Company, by Ohio River steamboats, and by bus or auto on State Routes 8, 10, and 62, also U.S. Route 60. Number of patients June 30, 1930 was 996.
