The Old Naval Hospital is a historic building located at 921
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland, that connects the White House and the United States Capitol and then crosses the city to Maryland. In Maryland it is also Maryland Route 4 (MD 4 ...
, Southeast Washington, D.C., in the
Capitol Hill neighborhood.
History
In March 1864, president
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
asked Congress to construct the hospital. It was constructed in July 1866, for $115,000. 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.
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.
The plan is for the Hill Center to be a facility for education and community life on Capitol Hill. Restoration started in June 2010.
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References
External links
Hill Center (Old Naval Hospital) website
{{National Register of Historic Places
Medical installations of the United States Navy
Military installations closed in the 1920s
Defunct hospitals in Washington, D.C.
Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Hospitals established in 1866
Italianate architecture in Washington, D.C.
Military hospitals in the United States
United States Marine Corps installations
1866 establishments in Washington, D.C.