Old Naval Hospital

	Old Naval Hospital
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	SE; Washington, D.C.; United States
Coordinates	38°52′58.8″N 76°59′35.16″W / 38.883000°N 76.9931000°W
Built	1866
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	74002171
Added to NRHP	May 3, 1974

The Old Naval Hospital is a historic building located at 921

Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill

neighborhood.

History

In March 1864, president Abraham Lincoln asked Congress to construct the hospital. It was constructed in July 1866, for $115,000.^[2] Designed to accommodate 50 patients, the new hospital had good ventilation, running water, and gas lighting.

In 1906, the hospital moved to its new facility at Observatory Hill, 23rd Street, and E Streets,

N.W.^[3]

In 1922, the building became the Temporary Home for Veterans of All Wars. The property is still owned by the federal government but its jurisdiction was transferred to the District of Columbia in 1962. The building was vacant for many years.

The Friends of the Old Naval Hospital has raised money to restore the building, at an estimated cost of $12 million.[4]^[5] The plan is for the Hill Center to be a facility for education and community life on Capitol Hill. Restoration started in June 2010.^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "The Old Naval Hospital--A Capitol Hill Treasure" Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Rodger Streitmatter
^ History of the Old Naval Hospital
^ Viebeck, Elise (15 March 2011). "The Gathering Place". The Hill. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ Martha M. Boltz (August 4, 2010). "Civil War hospital lives again". The Washington Times.
^ Restoration of the Old Naval Hospital
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory". National Capital Planning Commission. National Park Service. May 3, 1974. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ Looking Back: Old Naval Hospital: DCist Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Old Naval Hospital at Wikimedia Commons

Hill Center (Old Naval Hospital) website

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] "The Old Naval Hospital--A Capitol Hill Treasure" Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Rodger Streitmatter

[3] History of the Old Naval Hospital

[Viebeck-4] Viebeck, Elise (15 March 2011). "The Gathering Place". The Hill. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[5] Martha M. Boltz (August 4, 2010). "Civil War hospital lives again". The Washington Times.

[6] Restoration of the Old Naval Hospital

[nrhpform-7] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory". National Capital Planning Commission. National Park Service. May 3, 1974. Retrieved August 28, 2011.

[8] Looking Back: Old Naval Hospital: DCist Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

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