Seaview Hospital

Seaview Hospital
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	460 Brielle Ave., Staten Island, New York
Coordinates
Area	98 acres (40 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	Almirall, Raymond F.; et.al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/05000992 05000992]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

Seaview Hospital 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

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.

Current usage

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.