The Mauney Building, once the Reeves Gamble Hospital built in 1930. Dr. John Reeves Gamble, Sr., and his brother, Dr. Jesse Frank Gamble, founded and opened the Gamble Clinic in 1930. In 1934 it was renamed the Reeves Gamble Hospital, Inc.
The 25-bed hospital was equipped with an x-ray machine, laboratory, operating room, sterilizing equipment, and was one of the most modern hospitals in the state. Dr. Reeves Gamble died in 1942 and just a year later, Dr. Frank Gamble passed away.
In 1948, Dr. John Reeves Gamble, Jr., came to practice in Lincolnton and became president of the Reeves Gamble Hospital. Dr. Gamble was called to serve in the Army in 1954, and the hospital closed until his return in 1956.
As the city grew, so did the demand for healthcare. County leaders decided that the best solution was to build an entirely new hospital, and Dr. Gamble supported the construction of the Lincoln County Hospital, giving more than a half million dollars to the project. The last patient at Reeves Gamble Hospital was transferred to the new Lincoln County Hospital in 1969.
The building was sold at public auction in 1972, and purchased by Mary Ruth “Pris” Mauney. She renamed it the Mauney Building, and for a time it operated as a rooming house. Mauney built a small restaurant on one side of the building and remodeled the annex on the other side for retail use. Mauney converted the building to professional offices.
