Seaview Hospital Explained

Seaview Hospital
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:460 Brielle Ave., Staten Island, New York
Coordinates:40.5917°N -74.1328°W
Built:1905
Architect:Almirall, Raymond F.; et.al.
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Added:September 7, 2005
Refnum:05000992

Seaview Hospital is a historic hospital complex in Willowbrook on Staten Island, New York.[1] The original 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. After being shuttered, the complex was listed as a national historic district.

After many years of sitting empty, portions of the complex have reopened as the Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home, which operates as a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation network.[2] The facility houses a nursing home, independent living facility, and the first long-term care brain injury rehabilitation center in downstate New York.

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:

Sanatorium additions include

Later buildings include

It was designated, with its grounds, a City Landmark in 1985 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Other usage

In 2001 it was used as a filming location for the song "Death Blooms" by alternative metal band Mudvayne.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The New York Times. Streetscapes: Seaview Hospital; A TB Patients' Haven Now Afflicted With Neglect. Christopher Gray. July 16, 1989.
  2. http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/seaview/home.html Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home
  3. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Seaview Hospital . 2016-03-01 . Kathy Howe. PDF. June 2005. and Accompanying photographs and Web site: Additional documentation.
  4. Web site: Joe D'Angelo. May 15, 2001. Mudvayne Go to the Hospital For Treatment. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122085825/http://www.mtv.com/news/1443758/mudvayne-go-to-hospital-for-video-treatment/. dead. January 22, 2022. MTV.