Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Dispensary, Thorne Avenue, Atlanta

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Building 112 was the Dispensary for the G.U. Treatment Unit. The Dispensary signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of the 800-series in mobilization construction. The Unit was built in to treat men with genitourinary ailments. The Dispensary was a temporary structure built of hollow tile for efficient wartime use. Description: Located on the southern side of the G.U. Treatment Unit complex, the Dispensary is a one-story hollow-tile building with reinforcing, pier walls. It is rectangular in shape with a recessed porch at its east end. Entrances are located at the east and west ends of the building. The windows are eight- over-eight-light double-hung wood sash. The roofing and ridge vents are t covered in composition shingle.

There is a chimney at the east end of the building, piercing the pitched roof from the boiler room contained within the building. The interior features carpeted floors, paneled corridor walls, and acoustical tile ceilings. History: Building 112 was designed according to standard plan T.O. for a G.U.D.-l, G.U. Dispensary. The 800 series was issued in fall as standard mobilization drawings. The Dispensary was an infirmary-like facility where soldiers would be diagnosed and examined for genitourinary illness. The building housed a pharmacy, laboratory, an N.C.O. room, and supply rooms. After the war, the building was converted to a hobby shop. Today, it serves an administrative function.

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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