Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District Explained

Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District
Location:1400 Blackhorse Hill Rd., Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9981°N -75.7964°W
Built:1929
Builder:Veterans Bureau Construction Div.; VA Construction Service
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
Added:March 6, 2013
Area:126acres
Mpsub:United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS
Refnum:13000059

The Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which is part of the Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District, was built in 1929, and is located near Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013, this historic district includes thirty-seven contributing buildings, four contributing structures, one contributing object, and two contributing sites.

History and architectural features

Built by the Veterans Bureau Construction Division and Veterans Administration Construction Service, structures in this historic district have been classified as examples of the Colonial Revival and Classical Revival periods.

"The original mission of the hospital was to provide neuropsychiatric care to veterans, and the historic district preserves the general characteristics" of the period.[1] It conformed with a 2011 study of veterans hospitals nationwide.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District / Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center; (CVAMC)/NA . National Park Service. Trent Spurlock . Ann Marie P. Doyen . Robert C. Whetseii . Robert Peltier . Holly Higgins . November 16, 2012 . August 6, 2019. With 23 photos from 2010.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals . Trent Spurlock . Karen E. Hudson . Dean Doerrfeld . Craig A. Potts . October 24, 2011 . August 6, 2019.