St. Elizabeths Hospital, Comfort Station, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, Pine Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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St. Elizabeths Hospital, Comfort Station, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, Pine Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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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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Date

1922 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
General Services Administration, Owner
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., contractor
Mills & Schnoering Architects, contractor
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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States38.93097, -77.03626
Google Map of 38.9309745, -77.0362642
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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