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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 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''', 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 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>


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,<ref>http://weill.cornell.edu/archives/history/lying_in_hospital.html?</ref> which is still part of [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]
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,<ref>http://weill.cornell.edu/archives/history/lying_in_hospital.html?</ref> which is still part of [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]].


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

Revision as of 20:47, 24 June 2018

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, 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 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]

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 NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.

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

See also

References

Notes

  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. ^ http://weill.cornell.edu/archives/history/lying_in_hospital.html?


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