Hospital Complex
Summary
Name
Significance
Significant
Description
The Hospital Complex Character Area is located on a plateau of land sloping gently to the south of the Chapel Woods Character Area. This area is where the institution’s medical facilities have been located since the initiation of separate facilities for hospital use at the Home in the early 1870s. The first hospital, Barnes Hospital (demolished circa 1952), was constructed in 1872 and first appears on a map published in 1877. The Board of Commissioners had additional medical and support buildings constructed in proximity to the first hospital throughout the remainder of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. In 1919, U.S. Army architect Alfred Granger prepared a master plan for the Home, and the hospital complex is the area that best reflects his design intent for the institution. The group of early-twentieth-century Colonial Revival-style buildings and the surrounding landscape elements framing the area create a cohesive unit, despite the replacement of the LaGarde Building in 1992. Although constructed for hospital purposes, the Pipes Building (Building 64) and the Ignatia Guest House (Building 65) are associated with the 1947 and 1953 master plans, which recommended the demolition and replacement of almost all extant buildings on the campus. As such, the massing, scale, and architectural details of the Pipes Building and Ignatia Guest House are inconsistent with that of the earlier buildings in the hospital complex and are included in the 1947/1953 Impact Area.
Guidelines
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Boundary
Location Notes
Covering approximately twelve acres, the Hospital Complex Character Area’s boundaries roughly conform to one of the north-south ridges that mark the property’s natural topography. The topography, along with the patterns of historic roads and the placement of historic buildings, establishes the boundaries of the Hospital Complex Character Area. Arnold Drive forms the western boundary, separating the Hospital Complex from the existing golf course. Marshall Drive and Upper Hospital Road create the boundary to the north. The eastern boundary runs along the east elevation of the historic Colonial Revival-style Hospital Mess Hall and Auditorium (Building 57) that faces the hospital quadrangle, cutting through the connection with the non-contributing Pipes Building. The boundary loops around to the south and west along the Lower Hospital Road, extending to Arnold Drive and capturing the bandstand and storehouses at the edge of the plateau.
Related Resources
Related Inventory Resources
Fountain (is contained within / contains)
Location of Former Barnes Hospital (is contained within / contains)
Mess Hall Corridor (is contained within / contains)
Barnes Building (is contained within / contains)
LaGarde Building (is contained within / contains)
Quarters 47 (is contained within / contains)
Location of Carlise Cottage (is contained within / contains)
Mess Hall (KHC) (is contained within / contains)
Forwood Building (is contained within / contains)
Substation (is contained within / contains)
Hospital Quadrangle (is contained within / contains)
Forwood Building Grounds (is contained within / contains)
Bandstand (is contained within / contains)
King Health Center Sign (is contained within / contains)
Carport, Garage (is contained within / contains)
Viewing Stand (is contained within / contains)
Location of Post-1873 Cross Gable Frame Building (is contained within / contains)
Hospital Quadrangle Plantings (is contained within / contains)
King Hall (is contained within / contains)
Hostess House (is contained within / contains)
Specimen Trees in Hospital Lawn (is contained within / contains)
