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Children's Dispensary

Coordinates: 41°40′35″N 86°15′58″W / 41.67639°N 86.26611°W / 41.67639; -86.26611
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Children's Dispensary
Children's Dispensary, July 2012
Children's Dispensary is located in Indiana
Children's Dispensary
Location1045 W. Washington, South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates41°40′35″N 86°15′58″W / 41.67639°N 86.26611°W / 41.67639; -86.26611
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1910 (1910), 1925
ArchitectEllwood, Willard M.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.97001541[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1997

Children's Dispensary, also known as Hansel Center, is a historic hospital building located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1925, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Classical Revival style brick building with limestone trim. Also on the property are the contributing garage and surrounding wall dated to the 1910s. The dispensary provided a comprehensive program of general medical care to disadvantaged children.[2]: 5–6  The building was renovated in 2012 to house the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (March 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Children's Dispensary" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  3. ^ "Historic building being renovated for Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture," Notre Dame News, Brendan O'Shaughnessy, September 14, 2012
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