LaGarde Building (Current Primary Name)
Intermediate Care Facility (Historic Name)
Resource Identification
Name
Building Number
56 (Current Primary Number)
Evaluation
AFRH-W Historic District
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Status
- Non-Contributing (2007-01-01)
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Period(s) of Significance
- Reassessing for the Future (1969-present)
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Area(s) of Significance
- none recorded
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Relative Level of Significance
- Non-Contributing (2006-10-29)
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Criterion A: 0 Criterion B: 0 Criterion C: 0 Criterion D: 0 National Significance: 0 Integrity: 0 Total Score: 0
Other AFRH-W Designations
none recorded
Other Designations
none recorded
Classification
NRHP Resource Type
Building
NRHP Resource Category
Hospital-Related
NRHP Resource Subcategory
Hospital
Wuzit (original purpose)
Veteran's Medical Hospital
Important Dates
Construction Date (end)
1992-01-01
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes from 1991 estimate that completion of construction was estimated for spring 1992. (note that month and day are placeholders)
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes from 1991 estimate that completion of construction was estimated for spring 1992. (note that month and day are placeholders)
Construction Date (start)
1990-01-01
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes document that a contractor for the building's construction was selected in 1990 (note that month and day are placeholders)
Board of Commissioners meeting minutes document that a contractor for the building's construction was selected in 1990 (note that month and day are placeholders)
Location
Address
Primary Address
3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Location Description
none recorded
Character Area
Hospital Complex
AFRH-W Master Plan Zone
Zone A
Phase 1A Archaeological Zone
Zone 10
Description
Architectural Style
Modern
Description
General Description
The LaGarde Building is representative of the expansion of the Hospital Complex at the end of the twentieth century. It was constructed on the site of the original LaGarde Building, which was built circa 1919-1920 (Alfred Granger, architect) and razed in 1989 to make way for the more modern facility. The five-story masonry building is clad in red brick with contrasting ornamentation suggestive of the Colonial Revival style. The rectangular structure is capped by a standing-seam metal hipped roof with a projecting gables and hips. The projecting seven-story central bay, on the south elevation facing the Hospital Complex courtyard, is covered by a hip-on-hip roof with an open tympanum pierced by a multi-light semi-circular-arched window that rises two stories. The slightly projecting bays covered by the projecting gable roofs have enclosed tympanums with lunette-shaped vents. A crescent-shaped pavilion with a flat roof and front-gable entry wraps around the first story of the building, connecting it with the extant portion of the northern Mess Hall Corridor (Building 58). A contemporary interpretation of the Colonial Revival style, the new hospital building was constructed outside the period of significance and, therefore has been recommended as non-contributing.
Function and Use
Function
Medical/Hospital
(Current Primary Function)
Detailed Description
Form Type
none recorded
Measurements
none recorded
Components
none recorded
Modifications
none recorded
Map
Related Resources
Related Character Areas
Hospital Complex (is contained within / contains)
