New Buildings
| Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 321 W. Hill St., Decatur, Georgia |
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| Coordinates: | 33°45′36″N 84°18′9″W / 33.76000°N 84.30250°W / 33.76000; -84.30250Coordinates: 33°45′36″N 84°18′9″W / 33.76000°N 84.30250°W / 33.76000; -84.30250 |
| Area: | 4.8 acres (1.9 ha) |
| Built: | 1918 |
| Architect: | Reid,Neel |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82004665 and 04000929 |
| Added to NRHP: | June 17, 1982 (with 5 contributing buildings) September 4, 2004 (with one contributing building) |
A new building was designed by two architects, Neel Reid and Hal Hentz, of the firm Hentz, Reid and Adler in Atlanta, Georgia. The building was completed in 1919, and could originally serve 50 patients. Along with a new facility came a new name: Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children. Until the 1930s, few drugs were available to treat crippling childhood diseases so the original hospital design reflected the emphasis then given to providing young patients with plenty of sunshine and fresh air. The Georgian Revival style buildings were designed with a southern exposure, allowing for plenty of sunshine. The ward buildings on each side of the central administration building included generous windows, including clerestory windows above the main roof-line to provide additional interior light. The buildings were sited to allow ventilation in warm weather.
The design also included light and air-filled areas for play and rest. Each ward had a glass enclosed sun or play room. Sliding glass doors fronted each ward and originally led to screened porches. Bedridden children could be wheeled onto these porches or even onto paved terraces in front, to rest or play in the open air. When new medicines that became available to treat childhood diseases in the 1940s the importance of the screened porches was reduced. Steel casement windows have enclosed these porches since that time. Two other main buildings were added later. A service annex, built prior to World War II is a one-storied addition attached to the north side of the administration building. Nurses quarters were built following World War II to the east of the hospital in a separate building.
A 4.8-acre (1.9 ha) property with five contributing buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as "Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children".
Another NRHP listing, also for "Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children", at the same address and with the same property area but including just one contributing building, was added in 2004.
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