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)[3]
Architectural style
Gothic Revival[2]
NRHP reference No.
72000881[1]
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[4]
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.[5][6]
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.[7] After the completion of an ongoing $4.5 million stabilization project, the Smallpox Hospital ruins will be open to the public.[8]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ abRosebrook, Ellen (June 15, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Smallpox Hospital". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-06.[permanent dead link]
^New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1. p.403
^Cite error: The named reference desrep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Dunlap, David W. (2008-01-05). "A Roosevelt Island Ruin Sinks Further Into Decay". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
^"Timeline of Roosevelt Island History". NYC10044.com. The Main Street WIRE. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
^"NYC Opening Old Smallpox Hospital to Public". 1010WINS.com. WINS (AM). 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-12-02. [dead link]
^Dunlap, David W. (2009-04-14). "Shoring Up a Landmark Ruin on Roosevelt Island". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
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