[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Contributor

  • Architect: Finn, Alfred C.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1992-02
  • Digitized: 2007-06-19

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of part of the front of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Buildings
  • Keyword: railroad-owned hospitals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Medicine - Hospitals
  • Keyword: I&GN Railroad
  • Keyword: International & Great Northern Railroad
  • Keyword: historic buildings

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Anderson County - Palestine
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1992-02
  • Place Point: north=31.753187; east=-95.631029;

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2007
    Code: SG07

Institution

  • Name: Palestine Public Library
    Code: PPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 33619002102174
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth26400

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationHardware: Epson Perfection V700 Photo
  • Display Note: The I&GN Hospital, one of the most noteworthy landmarks in all of Palestine, has been a prominent fixture in the predominantly residential neighborhood south of the downtown area since its construction in 1921. The 3-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital, along with associated outbuilding (the Nurses Home), occupies an entire block. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building. The hospital and nurses home retain their integrity to a remarkable degree. The International & Great Northern Railroad operated a hospital for its employees on this site beginning in 1884. Prominent Houston architect Alfred E. Finn designed the present building for the railroad, which formally opened in July 1922. Local architect Theodore S. Maffitt designed the adjacent nurses’ quarters in 1924. The main building served as medical offices for physicians in private practice for years, with the Nurses building serving as the headquarters of the Palestine chapter of the Red Cross, but both buildings have been mostly vacant for several years now.
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