Reeves Gamble Hospital (1930)
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Head West down Main Street and you will find the Mauney Building on your right, previously known as the Reeves Gamble Hospital.
Dr. John Reeves Gamble, Sr. and his brother, Dr. Jesse Frank Gamble, founded and opened the Gamble Clinic in 1930. It was later renamed the Reeves Gamble Hospital, Inc. In 1934, the 25-bed hospital was equipped with an x-ray machine, laboratory, operating room, sterilizing equipment and was one of the most modern hospitals in the state. Dr. Frank Gamble died in 1943, just a year before the death of Dr. Reeves Gamble.
In 1948, Dr. John Reeves Gamble, Jr. came to practice in Lincolnton and became president of the Reeves Gamble Hospital. Dr. Gamble was called to serve in the army in 1954 and the hospital closed until his return in 1956. The hospital continued to grow in the 1960's and it became apparent that expansions were needed. It was decided that the best solution was to build an entirely new hospital. Dr. Gamble supported the construction of the Lincoln County Hospital, giving over $500,000 to the project, and the last patient of the Reeves Gamble Hospital was transferred to the Lincoln County Hospital in November 1969. The former hospital is now known as the Mauney Building.
