Jump to content

Society for the Lying-In Hospital: Difference between revisions

Edit links
Coordinates: 40°44′5″N 73°59′1″W / 40.73472°N 73.98361°W / 40.73472; -73.98361
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Vegaswikian (talk | contribs)
270,510 edits
→External links: More specific category
m added space to new york presbyterian hospital
 
(31 intermediate revisions by 23 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox NRHP
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Society for the Lying-In Hospital
| name = Society for the Lying-In Hospital
| nrhp_type =
| nrhp_type =
| image = Lying-in hospital 305 Second Ave with detail.jpg
| image = Lying-in hospital 305 Second Ave with detail.jpg
| caption = The building with a detail of a swaddled baby from the facade (2010)
| caption = The building with a detail of a swaddled baby from the facade (2010)
| location= 305 2nd Avenue<br>[[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]
| location = 305 2nd Avenue<br />[[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|5|N|73|59|1|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| lat_degrees = 40
⚫
| locmapin = New York City#New York#USA
| lat_minutes = 44
⚫
| built = 1902<ref name=aia />
| lat_seconds = 5
⚫
| architect = [[R. H. Robertson]]
| lat_direction = N
| long_degrees = 73
| long_minutes = 59
| long_seconds = 1
| long_direction = W
| coord_display = inline,title
| coord_parameters = region:US-NY_type:landmark
⚫
| locmapin = New York City
⚫
| built = 1902<ref name=aia />
⚫
| architect = [[R. H. Robertson]]
| architecture = [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]]<ref name=aia />
| architecture = [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]]<ref name=aia />
| added = September 1, 1983
| added = September 1, 1983
⚫
| refnum = 83001746<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
| governing_body = Private
⚫
| refnum = 83001746<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
}}


The '''Society for the Lying-In Hospital''', now known as '''Rutherford Place''', at 305 [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]] between [[17th Street (Manhattan)|East 17th]] and [[18th Street (Manhattan)|18th]] Streets in the [[Stuyvesant Square]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], was a [[maternity hospital]] built in 1902 and designed by noted architect [[R. H. Robertson|R.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Robertson]] in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with a [[Palladian]] crown at the top. Swaddled babies decorate the [[spandrel]]s of the building, which was converted to offices and apartments in 1985 by [[Beyer Blinder Belle]].<ref name=aia>{{cite AIA4}}, p.210</ref>
The '''Society for the Lying-In Hospital''' was a [[maternity hospital]] situated at 305 [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]] between [[17th Street (Manhattan)|East 17th]] and [[18th Street (Manhattan)|18th]] Streets in the [[Stuyvesant Square]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], United States. Now known as '''Rutherford Place''', the building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983. [[Lying-in]] is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long [[bed rest]] prescribed for [[postpartum confinement]]).


It was built in 1902 and designed by architect [[R. H. Robertson|R.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;Robertson]] in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with a [[Palladian]] crown at the top. Swaddled babies decorate the windows of the 5th floor and the [[spandrel]]s of the building, which was converted to offices and apartments in 1985 by [[Beyer Blinder Belle]].<ref name=aia>{{cite AIA4}}, p.210</ref>
The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.

As the years passed, [[J. P. Morgan Jr.|John Pierpont Morgan Jr.]] was concerned about the long-term stability of the hospital his father had so generously provided for. He recruited [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]]; George F. Baker, Sr.; and George F. Baker Jr. to join forces in establishing an association with [[New York Hospital]]. Upon the subsequent opening of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in 1932, the Lying-In Hospital moved out of the Second Avenue building. It became the more modern-sounding [[Obstetrics and Gynecology]] Department of New York Hospital,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weill.cornell.edu/archives/history/lying_in_hospital.html |title=Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York |website=Weill Medical College of Cornell University |access-date=2016-08-26 |archive-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721085741/http://weill.cornell.edu/archives/history/lying_in_hospital.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is still part of [[New York–Presbyterian Hospital]].

This hospital was "said to account for 60 percent of all births in Manhattan."<ref name=LyInHos60PC.NYT>{{cite news
|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/realestate/a-chance-to-return-to-your-roots.html
|title=A Chance to Return to Your Roots
|author=Nadine Brozan |date=January 22, 2006}}</ref> Some of their staff did medical research.<ref>{{cite news
|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/06/03/archives/grow-human-tissue-outside-the-body-two-lyingin-hospital-physicians.html
|title=GROW HUMAN TISSUE OUTSIDE THE BODY; Two Lying-In Hospital Physicians Succeed Where Others Had Failed.
|date=June 3, 1914}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
Line 32: Line 34:


==References==
==References==
'''Notes'''
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline}}
*{{commons category-inline}}


{{Gramercy, Kips Bay, Stuyvesant Square}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York|state=collapsed}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York|state=collapsed}}
{{authority control}}


[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1902]]
[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1902]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in New York]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in New York City]]
[[Category:Maternity hospitals]]
[[Category:Maternity hospitals in the United States]]
[[Category:Gramercy Park]]
[[Category:Second Avenue (Manhattan)]]
[[Category:History of women in New York City]]




{{NewYorkNY-NRHP-stub}}
{{Manhattan-NRHP-stub}}
{{Manhattan-struct-stub}}
{{Manhattan-struct-stub}}
{{NewYork-hospital-stub|NYC=y}}

Latest revision as of 19:06, 20 December 2024

Society for the Lying-In Hospital
The building with a detail of a swaddled baby from the facade (2010)
Society for the Lying-In Hospital is located in New York City
Society for the Lying-In Hospital
Society for the Lying-In Hospital is located in New York
Society for the Lying-In Hospital
Society for the Lying-In Hospital is located in the United States
Society for the Lying-In Hospital
Location305 2nd Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°44′5″N 73°59′1″W / 40.73472°N 73.98361°W / 40.73472; -73.98361
Built1902[2]
ArchitectR. H. Robertson
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival[2]
NRHP reference No.83001746[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1983

The Society for the Lying-In Hospital was a maternity hospital situated at 305 Second Avenue between East 17th and 18th Streets in the Stuyvesant Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Now known as Rutherford Place, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Lying-in is an archaic term for childbirth (referring to the month-long bed rest prescribed for postpartum confinement).

It was built in 1902 and designed by architect R. H. Robertson in the Renaissance Revival style, with a Palladian crown at the top. Swaddled babies decorate the windows of the 5th floor and the spandrels of the building, which was converted to offices and apartments in 1985 by Beyer Blinder Belle.[2]

As the years passed, John Pierpont Morgan Jr. was concerned about the long-term stability of the hospital his father had so generously provided for. He recruited John D. Rockefeller Jr.; George F. Baker, Sr.; and George F. Baker Jr. to join forces in establishing an association with New York Hospital. Upon the subsequent opening of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in 1932, the Lying-In Hospital moved out of the Second Avenue building. It became the more modern-sounding Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of New York Hospital,[3] which is still part of New York–Presbyterian Hospital.

This hospital was "said to account for 60 percent of all births in Manhattan."[4] Some of their staff did medical research.[5]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.210
  3. ^ "Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York". Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  4. ^ Nadine Brozan (January 22, 2006). "A Chance to Return to Your Roots". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "GROW HUMAN TISSUE OUTSIDE THE BODY; Two Lying-In Hospital Physicians Succeed Where Others Had Failed". The New York Times. June 3, 1914.
[edit]


Stub icon

This article about a historic property or district in Manhattan, New York City, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a building or structure in Manhattan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article relating to a hospital in New York is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Society_for_the_Lying-In_Hospital&oldid=1264143914"