Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Anderson Way, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA,61-ATLA,59B-, with a 383-word written history.
“The Nurses Quarters signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and represents mobilization construction according to plans of the "New" 700 series.”
Written record, HABS GA,61-ATLA,59B- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA,61-ATLA,59B- · the record runs 383 words · one of 145 surveyed structures published for this county.
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The Nurses Quarters signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and represents mobilization construction according to plans of the "New" 700 series. Building 109 was constructed in along with a G.U. (genitourinary) Treatment Unit for the Fort McPherson Station Hospital, to house nurses (undoubtedly those assigned to the G.U. Treatment Unit). Description: Located on the eastern portion of the site, the Nurses Quarters is a rectangular, wood-framed, vinyl-sided, one-story, pitched-roof structure. It is x in size (three bays wide by fourteen bays long). It rests on a concrete-block foundation. Windows are eight-over-eight-light double-hung wood sash set within aluminum frames. There are three entrances, two axial and one at the cross axis.
At the southwest corner of the building is a freestanding chimney from a previous boiler house on the site. The interior # features a narrow central corridor with rooms to either side. Room size and partitions have been adjusted over the years. History: Building 109 was designed as a Nurses Quarters and modeled on the standard plan for Hospital Quarters. It was completed on October 12, at a cost of The Nurses Quarters plan was part of the "New" 700 series, a group of mobilization drawings designed to supersede the original 700 series and its subsequent 800 series. The Quarters served as housing for bachelor officers after World War II and now serve as transient quarters, making it one of the few mobilization buildings at Fort McPherson to remain consistent in use.
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Completion Report, Job Number T2 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. July - February (Record Group 77, Army Corps of Engineers, Completion Reports, Fort McPherson. Washington National Records Center.) Diane Shaw Wasch and Perry Bush for Historic American Buildings Survey, Part I: The Historical Context of World War II Mobilization Construction, Draft, November
| Atlanta, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Fulton County, Georgia | 146 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Atlanta building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia State Capitol | HABS GA,61-ATLA,3- | 289,808 words | |
| Rich's Downtown Department Store | HABS GA-2290 | 20,007 words | |
| Techwood Homes (Public Housing) | HABS GA,61-ATLA,60- | 14,395 words | |
| Sweet Auburn Historic District | HABS GA,61-ATLA,1- | 13,800 words | |
| John Hope Homes (Public Housing) | HABS GA,61-ATLA,55- | 10,441 words | |
| Fort McPherson | HABS GA,61-ATLA,59A- | 10,395 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes (Public Housing) | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63- | 9,456 words | |
| English Avenue School | HABS GA-298 | 8,914 words | |
| Chattahoochee Brick Company | HALS GA-7 | 7,622 words | |
| Atlanta Fixtures Building | HABS GA,61-ATLA,9- | 5,576 words | |
| Pace's Ferry Earthwork | HAER GA-158 | 5,400 words | |
| Techwood Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,60F- | 4,654 words | |
| Druid Hills Historic District | HABS GA-2390 | 4,647 words | |
| Palmer House Apartments | HABS GA-2402 | 3,635 words | |
| Techwood Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,60S- | 3,612 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63A- | 3,577 words | |
| Techwood Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,60G- | 3,534 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63B- | 3,459 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63I- | 3,341 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63G- | 3,321 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63E- | 3,309 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63H- | 3,307 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63F- | 3,306 words | |
| Clark Howell Homes | HABS GA,61-ATLA,63M- | 3,300 words |
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