The Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center formerly known as the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia

Plains, Georgia

Plains is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 776 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Notable people:...

 is a hospital

Hospital

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. It is probably best noted as the birthplace of Former United States President Jimmy Carter, who was born there on October 1, 1924.

Originally built in 1921 by Drs. Samuel, Thaddeus and Bowman Wise, children of early Plains settlers Dr. Burr T. Wise and Laura Addy Wise, the sixty-bed sanitarium was one of the first small hospitals in Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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 to be recognized by the American College of Surgeons and the American Medical and Hospital Association. It also served as a training center for nurses. A separate building was attached to the sanitarium for the treatment of African American

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s.