Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Location | Morris Memorial Rd. between the James River Turnpike and U.S. Route 60, Milton, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°25′14″N 82°06′28″W / 38.42056°N 82.10778°W / 38.42056; -82.10778 |
Area | 182.0 acres (73.7 ha) |
Built | 1936 |
Built by | Works Progress Administration |
Architect | Frampton & Bowers |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 13000262 |
Added to NRHP | May 8, 2013 |
Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children, also known as Morris Memorial Nursing Home, is a historic hospital building located at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration as a hospital for children with polio. The modified U-shaped limestone building consists of a two-story central section, flanked by 1+1⁄2-story, Y-shaped wings. The central section features a domed and louvered cupola and a two-story portico. It has a T-shaped wing used as a school and a boiler house attached to the school wing by a hyphen. The hospital closed in 1960. It was subsequently used as a nursing home until 2009.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia
- Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children at Abandoned
References
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/06/13 through 5/10/13. National Park Service. 2013-05-17.
- Jean Boger (December 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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