Seaview Hospital | |
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| Location | 460 Brielle Ave., Staten Island, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°35′30″N 74°7′58″W / 40.59167°N 74.13278°W / 40.59167; -74.13278 |
| Area | 98 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Almirall, Raymond F.; et.al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000992[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2005 |
Seaview Hospital is a historic hospital complex in WillowbrookonStaten Island, New York.[2] The original complex was planned and built between 1905 and 1938 and was the largest and most costly municipal facility for the treatment of tuberculosis of its date in the United States. After being shuttered, the complex was listed as a national historic district.
After many years of sitting empty, portions of the complex have reopened as the Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home, which operates as a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation network.[3] The facility houses a nursing home, independent living facility, and the first long-term care brain injury rehabilitation center in downstate New York.
The historic district encompasses 37 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main buildings are located along a north–south axis along Brielle Avenue and many are in the Colonial RevivalorTudor Revival style.
The north group of buildings include:
Sanatorium additions include
Later buildings include
It was designated, with its grounds, a City Landmark in 1985 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
In 2001 it was used as a filming location for the song "Death Blooms" by alternative metal band Mudvayne.[5]
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