Harrison County Hospital history

Construction of Noll Memorial Hospital was chartered in Bethany, Missouri, on November 27, 1951, as a nonprofit institution.

In 1955, it became the first Methodist-sponsored hospital in the state.

Three years later, the board of directors of Union Protestant Hospital purchased land on the southern border of Clarksburg, employed architects to design a new hospital, and held ground-breaking ceremonies on November 2, 1958.

The Merger It became apparent about 1965 that St Mary’s Hospital physical plant needed to be replaced with a modern healthcare facility, and the Sisters of St Joseph decided to construct a new hospital on the site of St Mary’s.

The Union Protestant Hospital on Washington Avenue in downtown Clarksburg was razed in 1968.

In November 1969, the Harrison County Medical Society passed a resolution in favor of the merger of Union Protestant and St Mary’s hospitals.

Established in 1970 as a result of a merger between St Mary’s & Union Protestant hospitals

In January 1977, the properties of Downtown Division and DeSales Hall were sold to Empire National Bank, Clarksburg.

In 1989 the voters of Harrison County approved the formation of a hospital district which had the ability to issue a tax levy to help support the community hospital.

The property was permanently transferred from the Noll Memorial Hospital Association to the Harrison County Hospital District on June 17, 1991.

Joined with West Virginia University Hospitals in 1997 to form the West Virginia United Health System

HCCH began providing primary care on May 3, 2010, when the hospital acquired Bethany Medical Rural Health Clinic from Drs.

Senior Life Solutions, an innovative outpatient group counseling program for Medicare-age individuals, was established in 2012.

Primary care services expanded again in August 2013 when HCCH acquired the medical practice of longtime Bethany physician, Doctor Terry Hall.

July 2014 brought expansion beyond Bethany when the new North Harrison Medical Clinic in Eagleville began seeing patients.

Click here to read Harrison County Hospital’s 2016 Health Needs Assessment Report.