Wheatley-Provident Hospital

Wheatley-Provident Hospital is a historic site at 1826 Forest Avenue in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri.

[3] In 1910, it was located at 1214 Vine, named Perry Sanitarium and Nurse Training Association.

[4] On June 1, 1918, after an extensive fundraiser campaign yielding US$25,000 (equivalent to about $523,000 in 2024), the facility was relocated to an existing building at 1826 Forest Avenue.

[6][7] The property became owned by an absentee landlord, and was declared a hazardous building and threatened with demolition by 2017.

[8] The owner is 1826 Forest Re Holdings LLC, which is rehabilitating the property into office space, preferably for tenants in the medical field for consistency with its heritage.

Northeast side, under rehabilitation, in August 2020
Etching above the east-facing front door
North face, with the rooftop "ASYLUM" sign remnant from having been a Halloween haunted house attraction in the 1980s-1990s
Old newspaper photo of a limestone-clad building with the caption "This is the beautiful home we are trying to purchase for the Wheatley-Provident Hospital and it requires $25,000 to do it. Will you do your bit to make it possible?"
Fundraiser photo, 1917 [ 2 ]