From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Colored Clinics (Bowling Green, KY)
(start date: 1937 - end date: 1949) The Warren County Colored Health Clinic is listed in Caron's Bowling Green (Kentucky) City Directory for 1937-38. The clinic was located at the State Street School at 204 State Street. G. M. Wells was director and Sophia Smith was the nurse.Few cities in Kentucky had a separate clinic facility for African Americans, before and after the 1930s. Listed in the 1941-1949 directories is the State Street Baptist Church Child Health Conference for Colored Children at 350 State Street, an association and welfare organization. In 1941, Dr. Lewis Fine was listed as being in charge of the conference.
State Street Baptist Church was led by Rev. R. H. Johnson in 1941. The Colored Welfare and Community Center was located at 229 State Street.