U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Boiler House No. 2, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO
Summary
Significance: It was part of the early 1950s expansion of the U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, to accommodate veterans of WWII and the Korean War, and to convert the medical center into a specialized psychiatric treatment facility. It replaced Boiler House No. 1 (Building No. 5), which was built in 1923 and was the original boiler house for the hospital. Boiler House No. 2 has continued to serve as the heating plant for the medical center since its completion in 1952, and the interior retains original boiler and electrical equipment.
Survey number: HABS MO-1943-AE
Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jamieson and Spearl, architects & engineers
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 37.96425, -91.83183
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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