Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital
Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital, September 2009
Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital is located in New York
Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital
Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital is located in the United States
Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital
Location222 Richmond Ave., Batavia, New York
Coordinates43°00′42″N 78°11′59″W / 43.01167°N 78.19972°W / 43.01167; -78.19972
Area45 acres (18 ha)
Built1932-1950
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival
MPSUnited States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No.12000160 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 2012

Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital is a historic hospital and national historic district located at Batavia in Genesee County, New York. The district includes 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 3 contributing objects. They were built or utilized during the period 1932 to 1950. The Veterans Administration opened the facility in 1934, as a regional veteran's hospital. It was later converted to a tuberculosis sanitarium. The original hospital buildings built in 1932 include the main building, kitchen / dining hall / attendant's quarters, recreation building, nurses' quarters, manager's quarters, officer's duplex quarters, laundry, storehouse, boiler house, transformer and animal house, station garage, and the sewage pump house. The administration building was added in 1939. The buildings are constructed of brick and feature decorative elements reflective of the Colonial Revival and Classical Revival styles.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/26/12 through 3/30/12. National Park Service. April 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ Trent Spurlock; Jennifer Stewart; Matthew D. McMahan & Holly Higgins (October 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 24, 2012. See also: "Accompanying 19 photos".


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