The Dr. P. Phillips Memorial Hospital is opened by a predecessor to AdventHealth on land donated by Dr. Phillips to provide acute care services for African Americans who had no place to go for these services. Over 10,000 people attend the opening. Howard Phillips helps recruit two African American doctors to relocate to Orlando to practice medicine at the hospital. With integration the hospital closes in 1964, but the building is repurposed as a nursing home and continues to be operated by Guardian Care today.
