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Buchanan County Infirmary
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| Location | 3500 N. Village Dr., St. Joseph, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 39°49′9″N 94°48′41″W / 39.81917°N 94.81139°W |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Meier, Rudolph; Arnhold, Ray |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001386[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 29, 2009 |
Buchanan County Infirmary, also known as Buchanan County Poor Farm and Green Acres, is a historic hospital building located in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1919, and is a two-story, F-shaped Classical Revival-style building with a "fireproof' concrete structure, brick walls, and a cross-hip roof clad with red ceramic tiles. It features a central porch with four full-height concrete Doric order columns that support a projecting, pedimented roof. It is the last surviving structure of the Buchanan County Poor Farm.[2]: 5–6
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Elizabeth Rosin and Kristen Ottesen (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buchanan County Infirmary" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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