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Residents of the Parlow Developmental Center who were able to work and who wanted to work were allowed to work on the farm, raising cattle or growing crops. The farm produced food for the Partlow residents at a time when very little state support…

Ward in Low Grade Girls' Dormitory at Parlow Developmental Center.

The Northington General property was built as a temporary Army hospital in World War II. Work started on the hosptial in the early part of 1942 and eventually sprawled over 160 acres. After three years, the Army left at the end of the war and…

Prescription-filling at the pharmacy, which goes on quietly and efficiently, is pictured here. Above from left to right are Pfc. Jack Richman, Pfc. Ralph Rankin, CE3 Cy Stollenwerck, and H. J. McRae, regular members of the pharmacy staff, and Pfc.…

Photographs of an entry column or gate post from Northington General Hospital, a U.S. Army hospital in Tuscaloosa, that was operational  during  World War II and a historical marker about the post and the hospital sponsored by the DCH Health Sytem. …

Scenes of a fireman's daily routine at Northington General Hospital are told here in a story of words and pictures. Photo No. 1 was posed especially for the News. Kneeling in the front row are: Maj. Joseph Feeley, Capt. Lucious Harrison (the Fire…

The U.S. Army Review ran this story about Northington General Hospital in 1945. The publication explored the high value of soldier/patient care in Tuscaloosa while praising Northington's long-term rehabilitation innovations.
Note the soldier aimed…

Waving proudly in the sky before the Administration Building is Northington's new T-Flag - awarded by the Treasury Department for the 100 percent participation of the hospital's Civilian Employees in the War Bond Program.

Splints and spinal braces made in Northington's Orthopedic Brace Shop are a third their former weight. The weight-reducing material is an aluminum alloy which replaces steel in the older and heavier brace.

From three salvaged airplane wings…

The World War II Army hospital in Tuscaloosa was named in memory of Lt. Col. Eugene Garland Northington, born Feb 12, 1880 in Prattville, Alabama, and who was a former student at the University of Alabama. He received his medical degree from Tulane…