{"id":15914,"date":"2026-01-14T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/?page_id=15914"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:00:37","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_menu_0 et_pb_menu et_pb_menu--without-logo et_pb_menu--style-centered et_dropdown_animation_fade et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center-tablet et_pb_text_align_center-phone et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu_inner_container et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__wrap\"><div class=\"et_pb_menu__menu\"><nav class=\"et-menu-nav\"><ul id=\"menu-about-menu\" class=\"et-menu nav downwards\"><li id=\"menu-item-15693\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-15693 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-15693\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/#mission_values\">The Phoebe Way<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-15702\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-15702 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15702\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/mission-vision-values\">Mission, Vision, &#038; 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Financial Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15700\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-15700 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/#patient-stories\">Patient Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15701\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-15701 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-15701\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/#employee-testimonials\">Phoebe Family<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-15703\" class=\"et_pb_menu_page_id-15703 menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-15703\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/about-phoebe\/leadership\">Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"et_mobile_nav_menu\"><div class=\"mobile_nav closed\"><span class=\"mobile_menu_bar\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Our History\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_18_24 et_flex_column_18_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>With the hospital's original endowment, a simple charge: \"Serve all persons of the community regardless of race or ability to pay...and make it a brick building.\"<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1910, Judge Francis Flagg Putney donated $25,000 to the Ladies Hospital Aid Society of Albany to establish a hospital to serve the citizens of Southwest Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_6_24 et_flex_column_6_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/judgefrancis.png\" title=\"judgefrancis\" width=\"114\" height=\"133\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" class=\"wp-image-15917\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>The judge's endowment came with three stipulations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>That the hospital be named after his mother \"Phebe\" Putney.<\/li>\n<li>That the hospital serve all citizens of the community, regardless of race or ability to pay.<\/li>\n<li>That the hospital be a brick building in order to withstand the greatest threat to structures at the time - fire.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The little hospital on the plains of Southern Georgia opened its doors on August 1, 1911, beginning a tradition of healing and community service that would grow into one of America's great not-for-profit community medical centers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_16_24 et_flex_column_16_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In the decades since, the hospital's service area has grown to a population of over 500,000, and Phoebe has grown to a population with it into one of America's most progressive community health systems.<\/p>\n<p>With growth, the goal has been to bring the most advanced medical talent and technology - at a level generally found only in major population centers - to the citizens of Southwest Georgia. Some things haven't changed. As Phoebe has grown from a single hospital to a health system, the more than 4,500 members of the \"Phoebe Family\" serving at all Phoebe facilities have remained dedicated to Judge Putney's original mission of service to all.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/PhoebeHistory.jpg\" title=\"PhoebeHistory\" width=\"307\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/PhoebeHistory.jpg 307w, https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/PhoebeHistory-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" class=\"wp-image-15918\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":15672,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"subnav-page":[],"class_list":["post-15914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15914\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subnav-page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoebehealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subnav-page?post=15914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}