Research Catalog

Title

Historic American buildings survey : Harlem Hospital.

Author

New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, issuing body.

Publication

2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Tucher, Rob

Description

• 68 items (.2 cubic ft., one box); 26 x 21 cm
• 39 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 29 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

• Collection consists of exterior and interior architectural views of early to mid-twentieth century facilities at the Harlem Hospital Center, in Harlem, New York City, taken in 2005 prior to being demolished for a modernization project. The buildings depicted are the Old Nurses Residence (built in 1915), and the New Nurses Residence and the Women's Pavilion (both built in 1932). Views consist of building facades, entrance ways, windows, rooftops, exterior building details, lobbies, hallways, room spaces, interior doorway details, stairwells, a boiler room, and electrical and plumbing systems.
• Also depicted are three Works Progress Administration-commissioned murals created by African American artists, consisting of Vertis Hayes's "Pursuit of Happiness" (1936) in the New Nurses Residence; and Charles Alston's "Magic in Medicine" and "Modern Medicine" (1940) in the Women's Pavilion. The murals were removed prior to the demolition, and later restored in a new hospital structure.

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 2000-2009
• Hospital buildings > New York (State) > New York
• Murals > New York (State) > New York > 2000-2009
• Architectural elements > New York (State) > New York > 2000-2009
• Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.)
• Interior architecture > New York (State) > New York
• Architectural photographs > New York (State) > New York > 2000-2009
• Hospital architecture > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Architectural photographs – New York (State) – New York – 2000-2009.
• Gelatin silver prints – 2000-2009.

Note

• Title based on related printed material.
• All items bear handwritten captions on verso. Folders for each of the structures surveyed include a printed text description, an index of photographs, and floor plans showing the locations depicted in photographs.
• Collection contains work by Rob Tucher.

Terms of Use (note)

• The collection may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation conducted a photographic survey of three structures at the Harlem Hospital Center, in Harlem, New York City, that were slated for demolition in 2005 as part of the hospital's planned modernization project. Done for the Historic American Buildings Survey, a division of the National Parks Service, the survey was an architectural record of the hospital's historic Old Nurses Residence, which was the last part of the original hospital complex from the early 20th century, and the New Nurses Residence and Women's Pavilion, both constructed during the 1930s as part of a major hospital expansion.
• As part of the 2005 modernization plan, supervised by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, five historic Works Progress Administration-commissioned murals that were painted for the hospital were removed prior to the demolition, restored, and re-housed in Harlem Hospital's new Mural Pavilion in 2012. These works are "Pursuit of Happiness" (1936) by Vertis Hayes, "Recreation in Harlem" (1937) by Georgette Seabrooke Powell, and "Magic in Medicine" and "Modern Medicine" (1940) by Charles Alston, who were African American artists; and "Modern Surgery and Anesthesia" (1936) by Alfred Crimi.

Call Number

Sc Photo Historic American Buildings Survey Collection

OCLC

1151408401

Author

New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, issuing body.

Title

Historic American buildings survey : Harlem Hospital.

Production

2005.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

The collection may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation conducted a photographic survey of three structures at the Harlem Hospital Center, in Harlem, New York City, that were slated for demolition in 2005 as part of the hospital's planned modernization project. Done for the Historic American Buildings Survey, a division of the National Parks Service, the survey was an architectural record of the hospital's historic Old Nurses Residence, which was the last part of the original hospital complex from the early 20th century, and the New Nurses Residence and Women's Pavilion, both constructed during the 1930s as part of a major hospital expansion.

As part of the 2005 modernization plan, supervised by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, five historic Works Progress Administration-commissioned murals that were painted for the hospital were removed prior to the demolition, restored, and re-housed in Harlem Hospital's new Mural Pavilion in 2012. These works are "Pursuit of Happiness" (1936) by Vertis Hayes, "Recreation in Harlem" (1937) by Georgette Seabrooke Powell, and "Magic in Medicine" and "Modern Medicine" (1940) by Charles Alston, who were African American artists; and "Modern Surgery and Anesthesia" (1936) by Alfred Crimi.

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Added Author

Tucher, Rob, photographer.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Historic American Buildings Survey Collection