Whittaker Memorial Hospital

	Whittaker Memorial Hospital
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia Landmarks Register
	Whittaker Memorial Hospital, September 2012
Location	1003 Twenty-Eighth St., Newport News, Virginia
Coordinates	36°59′22″N 76°24′45″W / 36.98944°N 76.41250°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1943
Architect	Moses, William Henry; et al.
Architectural style	Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.	09000794
VLR No.	121-5072
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 30, 2009
Designated VLR	June 18, 2009

Whittaker Memorial Hospital is a historic hospital building located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of Newport News, Virginia. The original section was built in 1943 with additions in 1957 and 1966. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

History

The earliest portion of the building has a symmetrical "T"-plan with both Moderne and Art Deco influences. It has a concrete frame, with concrete roof and floor slabs, and curtain walls constructed of alternating bands of yellow and brown bricks. The central mass is three stories tall and has two-story wings. The Whittaker Memorial Hospital was founded in 1908 to serve the African-American population of Newport News. The hospital was built by African-American physicians and designed by African-American architects, William Henry Moses Jr. and Charles Thaddeus Russell.^[3]

It was originally housed in the James A. Fields House, then in a frame hospital built in 1915 before this building was constructed in 1943. The hospital closed in 1985.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "Week Four: Gone, But Not Forgotten: Va.'s Black-Operated Hospitals » The New Journal and Guide". The New Journal and Guide. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
^ Mary Harding Sadler and Kimberly M. Chen (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whittaker Memorial Hospital" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[3] "Week Four: Gone, But Not Forgotten: Va.'s Black-Operated Hospitals » The New Journal and Guide". The New Journal and Guide. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2023-10-21.

[VAnom-4] Mary Harding Sadler and Kimberly M. Chen (March 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whittaker Memorial Hospital" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos

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