Society for the Lying-In Hospital
Society for the Lying-In Hospital | |
 The building with a detail of a swaddled baby from the facade (2010) | |
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| Location | 305 2nd Avenue Manhattan, New York City |
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| Built | 1902[2] |
| Architect | R. H. Robertson |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001746[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 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 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.
See also
References
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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
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