St. Elizabeths Hospital, Comfort Station, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, Pine Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
For an overview of the Gateshouses and Comfort Stations, see HABS DC-349-BZ
Significance: The Comfort Station (Building 77) is significant as a context structure that contributes to the broader historic character of the St. Elizabeths West Campus. The individual significance of the Comfort Station is as a support structure to the adjacent Gatehouse No. 2 (Building 78). The building was originally used as a restroom for campus staff. The Comfort Station is a vernacular structure with ornamental architecture features
including roof cresting and exposed rafters.
Survey number: HABS DC-349-AW
Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003101
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