Buchanan County Infirmary
Appearance
Buchanan County Infirmary | |
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Location | 3500 N. Village Dr., St. Joseph, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 39°49′9″N 94°48′41″W / 39.81917°N 94.81139°W |
Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1919 |
Architect | Meier, Rudolph; Arnhold, Ray |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 08001386[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 29, 2009 |
Buchanan County Infirmary, also known as Buchanan County Poor Farm and Green Acres, is a historic hospital building located in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1919, and is a two-story, F-shaped Classical Revival-style building with a "fireproof' concrete structure, brick walls, and a cross-hip roof clad with red ceramic tiles. It features a central porch with four full-height concrete Doric order columns that support a projecting, pedimented roof. It is the last surviving structure of the Buchanan County Poor Farm.[2]: 5–6
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Elizabeth Rosin and Kristen Ottesen (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buchanan County Infirmary" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
Categories:
- Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- Neoclassical architecture in Missouri
- Government buildings completed in 1919
- Buildings and structures in St. Joseph, Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places in Buchanan County, Missouri
- Poor farms
- Poverty in Missouri
- Northwest Missouri Registered Historic Place stubs