Smallpox Hospital
Smallpox Hospital | |
Seen in April 2019 | |
| Location | Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′6″N 73°57′34″W / 40.75167°N 73.95944°W |
| Area | 0.9 acres (3,600 m2) |
| Built | Main building: 1854-56 South wing: 1903-04 North wing: 1904-05 |
| Architect | James Renwick Jr. (main building) York & Sawyer (south wing) Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen (north wing) |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000881 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000496 |
| NYCL No. | 0908 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | March 23, 1976 |
The Smallpox Hospital, sometimes referred to as the Renwick Smallpox Hospital and later the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital located on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City. Originally designed by architect James Renwick Jr., the 100-bed hospital opened in 1856, when the area was known as Blackwell's Island.
A century after it opened, the hospital was closed, and the building eventually fell into disrepair. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a New York City Landmark four years later, the only ruin in the city with that designation. After the completion of an ongoing $4.5 million stabilization project, the Smallpox Hospital ruins will be open to the public.