THIS INDENTURE, made and entered into this £?/^
day of SWr^^-o-^, 1949, by and between THE MOSES H. CONE
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a charitable corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter sometimes called The Hospital, and the UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, hereinafter sometimes referred to as The Government,
WITNESSETH:
THAT, WHEREAS, by an Indenture executed on the 30th
day'of May, 1911, Bertha L. Cone conveyed to The Hospital, as
Trustee, the property, hereinafter described, located in
Watauga County, North Carolina, and known as the Flat Top Manor
Estate; and, under the provisions of said indenture, the property was to be held by The Hospital, after the death of the
said Bertha L. Cone, in perpetuity, under the name of THE MOSES
H. CONE MEMORIAL PARK, as a park and pleasure ground for the
public and as a memorial to Moses H. Cone, the husband of the
said Bertha L. Cone; and
WHEREAS, the Indenture of 30 May 1911 conveyed the
property to The Hospital subject to certain conditions therein
set out, and provided that The Hospital should hold the said
property in trust subject to those conditions, and further provided that any violation of any of the said conditions by The
Hospital would work a forfeiture of the said lands and that
the said lands would thereupon revert to the heirs of Moses
H. Cone, deceased; and
WHEREAS, Bertha L. Cone, the grantor of the indenture of 30 May 1911, died oh the 8th day of June, 1947, and,
in accordance with the terms and provisions of the indenture of
30 May 1911, The Hospital now holds the said Flat Top Manor
Estate in trust as a park and pleasure ground for the public,
^t/oM^nUAjS^ &1
[Indenture from Bertha L. Cone to The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, 1949]
Date
1949-01-21
Creator (group/organization)
North Carolina Secretary of State
Subject headings
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro, N.C.)
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
The documents state that upon Bertha L. Cone's death two properties and the Trust Corpus were to be conveyed to The Hospital. The first, a hospital site in Blowing Rock, NC. The second, Flat Top Manor Estate, as a park. The third, the trust and stocks to help maintain the grounds and add buildings to the hospital such as a nurses' training school.
Type
text
Original format
wills
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified];
Language
en
Contributing institution
Cone Health Medical Library
Contact Information
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital 1200 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401 336.832.7484 http://www.gahec.org/library/
Source collection
Cone 10079 Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Collection, 1908-2003 and undated
Series/grouping
II: Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, 1908-1998 and undated.
Sub-series/sub-grouping
II.14B: Miscellaneous Hospital/Cone Family history
THIS INDENTURE, made and entered into this £?/^
day of SWr^^-o-^, 1949, by and between THE MOSES H. CONE
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a charitable corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter sometimes called The Hospital, and the UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, hereinafter sometimes referred to as The Government,
WITNESSETH:
THAT, WHEREAS, by an Indenture executed on the 30th
day'of May, 1911, Bertha L. Cone conveyed to The Hospital, as
Trustee, the property, hereinafter described, located in
Watauga County, North Carolina, and known as the Flat Top Manor
Estate; and, under the provisions of said indenture, the property was to be held by The Hospital, after the death of the
said Bertha L. Cone, in perpetuity, under the name of THE MOSES
H. CONE MEMORIAL PARK, as a park and pleasure ground for the
public and as a memorial to Moses H. Cone, the husband of the
said Bertha L. Cone; and
WHEREAS, the Indenture of 30 May 1911 conveyed the
property to The Hospital subject to certain conditions therein
set out, and provided that The Hospital should hold the said
property in trust subject to those conditions, and further provided that any violation of any of the said conditions by The
Hospital would work a forfeiture of the said lands and that
the said lands would thereupon revert to the heirs of Moses
H. Cone, deceased; and
WHEREAS, Bertha L. Cone, the grantor of the indenture of 30 May 1911, died oh the 8th day of June, 1947, and,
in accordance with the terms and provisions of the indenture of
30 May 1911, The Hospital now holds the said Flat Top Manor
Estate in trust as a park and pleasure ground for the public,
^t/oM^nUAjS^ &1
