Seaview Hospital

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United States historic place



Location460 Brielle Ave., Staten Island, New York
Nearest city
Coordinates
   
       40°35 
       30°N
   
Area98 acres (40 ha)
Built1905
Built by
ArchitectAlmirall, Raymond F.; et.al.
Engineer
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival



Seaview Hospital[2] was a historic tuberculosis sanatorium, now a national historic district located at Willowbrook on Staten Island, New York. The complex was planned and built between 1905 and 1938 and was the largest and most costly municipal facility for the treatment of tuberculosis of its date in the United States.

Historic district[edit | edit source]

The historic district encompasses 37 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main buildings are located along a north–south axis along Brielle Avenue and many are in the Colonial Revival or Tudor Revival style. The north group of buildings include the Administration Building (1913), Surgical Pavilion (1913), Nurses Residence (1913, addition 1932), Staff House (1913), Power House / Laundry and Ambulance Complex (1912, addition 1935), and Kitchen and Dining Hall Group (1912). The Women's Pavilions (1909-1911) are also part of the north group.

Sanatorium additions include the Auditorium or "New Dining Hall" (1917, now known as Colony Hall), Group Building (1917), and Men's and Women's Open Air Pavilions (1917). Later buildings include the Catholic Chapel and Rectory (1928), City Mission Chapel or Chapel of St. Luke the Physician (1934), Pathology Lab (1927-1928), Children's Hospital (1935-1937), Sputum House (1911 / 1932), and Richmond County Isolation Hospital (1928).

It was designated, with its grounds, a City Landmark in 1985 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

Current usage[edit | edit source]

After many years of being shuttered and empty, the Seaview Hospital has slowly opened its doors again to care for the community. It now serves as a rehabilitation center, nursing home, independent living facility, volunteer fire company, and Volunteer Ambulance Service.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 National Register Information System Full text, , National Park Service, March 13, 2009,
  2. Christopher Gray, Streetscapes: Seaview Hospital; A TB Patients' Haven Now Afflicted With Neglect Full text, , July 16, 1989,
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