Crippled Children's Clinic

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The Crippled Children's Clinic was a children's hospital located in the block surrounded by 18th Street South, 19th Street South, 6th Avenue South, and 7th Avenue South. Designed by Warren, Knight & Davis in the art moderne style, the six-story building had its groundbreaking on June 30, 1949. At the time of its groundbreaking, its construction was to cost an estimated $1,276,000 with the majority of its funding coming from donations of over 100,000 Alabamians and monies raised through the annual Crippled Children's Game. The hospital formally opened on July 22, 1951 with four-year old patient Suanna Knight cutting the ceremonial ribbon. The formal dedication of the clinic was on November 22, 1951 to coincide with the annual Crippled Children's Game. At that time, the clinic claimed it was "the hospital that football built."

The clinic became the UAB Ambulatory Center in April 1970, and was demolished in late 1975. The site is now the location of the UAB East Base Hospital.

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