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1925 Hospital Repurposed as a University of West Georgia Satellite Campus
80 Jackson St, Newnan, GA 30263
Research updated May 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
The campus is an active University of West Georgia academic facility. Public viewing of the exterior is free. Interior access is restricted to students, faculty, and university visitors during business hours.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved sidewalks; modern accessible campus entries.
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1925 · Community-Funded Hospital · Civil Rights-Era Medical History · Georgia Trust Rehabilitation Award · University of West Georgia
The Newnan Hospital opened in 1925 as a charitable medical institution funded by a community capital campaign that raised nearly $1 million from the residents and businesses of Coweta County - a sum equivalent to approximately $20 million today. The hospital was a significant point of civic pride and served the community continuously for 86 years.
In 1939, during the era of legal segregation in Georgia, the hospital opened the Rocky Hill section to provide care for Black patients. According to local historical accounts, this made Newnan Hospital one of only ten hospitals in the state of Georgia that provided dedicated medical facilities for Black Americans during this period.
In 2012 the hospital relocated to a new Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Poplar Road, vacating the aging Jackson Street facility. After three years of advocacy by the City of Newnan, the hospital board, and the Georgia Board of Regents, the building was rehabilitated as the University of West Georgia's Newnan campus, opening in spring 2015 with classrooms, labs, a large lecture hall, a library, a food court, and faculty offices, with a particular focus on the university's nursing program. The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the rehabilitation with an 'Excellence in Rehabilitation' award.
The campus has occasionally drawn unauthorized visitors during the period when it was vacant; one such group was charged after driving hours to access the building based on social media posts. The building is now an active academic facility.
Sources
The folklore associated with the Old Newnan Hospital dates from its operating era prior to the 2012 relocation. The Shadowlands account describes patients and staff reporting cold spots, the sense of being watched, and a recurring sighting of a 'white lady' - sometimes interpreted as a nurse - said to make rounds at the stroke of midnight on at least one of the patient floors.
With the building now serving as the UWG Newnan campus, the reports are part of a closed historical record rather than ongoing investigation material. The university does not market the building as a haunted site, and the rehabilitation work substantially altered the interior layout. References to the building as 'haunted' in current local discussion are largely informal, often metaphorical, and tied to its earlier life rather than current campus experience.
View the rehabilitated 1925 hospital building from the public sidewalk on Jackson Street. The structure now houses the UWG Newnan campus and is recognized by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation for its rehabilitation. Interior access is for university business only.
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