Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital
Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital | |
Location | 503 Matthewson St., Walthill, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 42°9′6″N 96°29′41″W / 42.15167°N 96.49472°W |
Built | 1912 |
Architect | William L. Steele |
Architectural style | Craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 88002762 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 16, 1988 [1] |
Designated NHL | April 19, 1993[2] |
Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital, also known as Walthill Hospital or Dr. Susan Picotte Memorial Hospital, is a former
Description and history
The Picotte Hospital building is located on the western fringe of Walthill, on the north side of Matthewson Street near its junction with Sawyer Street. The building was designed by architect William L. Steele in 1912 and built in 1912–1913. Set on a concrete foundation on a hill overlooking Walthill, the one-and-one-half-story hospital was built in the American Craftsman style of architecture. Typical of Craftsman style, it features a low-pitched, shingled (originally wood-shingled) roof, wide eaves with large braces beneath, exposed roof rafter tails, and a centered gabled dormer. A prominent screened porch runs the entire length of the front (east side) of the structure, bounded by columns that support the roof.[4]
Susan LaFlesche Picotte was born into the
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Thurston County, Nebraska
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 11, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Picotte Memorial Hospital". National American Indian Heritage Month. Washington, DC: National Park Service. November 2001.
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Jill S. Mesirow and Page Putnam Miller (June 19, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital / Walthill Hospital" (pdf). National Park Service.
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- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Picotte Memorial Hospital, from a National American Indian Heritage Month feature at the National Park Service