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	Society for the Lying-In Hospital
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The building with a detail of a swaddled baby from the facade (2010)
Location	305 2nd Avenue; Manhattan, New York City
Built	1902
Architect	R. H. Robertson
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	83001746
Added to NRHP	September 1, 1983

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The Society for the Lying-In Hospital, now known as Rutherford Place, at 305 Second Avenue between East 17th and 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 in the Renaissance Revival style, with a Palladian crown at the top. Swaddled babies decorate the spandrels of the building, which was converted to offices and apartments in 1985 by Beyer Blinder Belle.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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-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]] in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with a [[Palladian]] crown at the top.  Swaddled babies decorate the spandrels 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''', 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]] in the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with a [[Palladian]] crown at the top.  Swaddled babies decorate the spandrels 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.

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