Scottish Rite Convalescent Home

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The Scottish Rite Convalescent Home for Crippled Children, pictured circa 1916, consisted of two wood-frame cottages. The facility opened in Decatur in 1915 and provided post-surgical care to indigent children.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #
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Scottish Rite Convalescent Home

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