April 29, 1953. 1 p.m. L. Richardson Memorial Hospital, designed by noted architect Charles C. Hartmann, opened at 603 South Benbow Road in May 1927. It was the first modern African-American hospital in Greensboro's history. The Greensboro Negro Hospital Association raised $100,000 to build it, with half of that amount coming from the Richardson family: Mrs. Lunsford Richardson and her son H. Smith made the donation in honor of her husband, the founder of Vick Chemical Company. The hospital stayed at this location until a new building opened in 1966.
