Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, G. U. Treatment Unit Lavatory, Thorne & Hood Avenues, Atlanta

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Building 113 was one of two lavatories built for the G.U. Treatment Unit and signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of T.O. 700-series construction in mobilization. The Unit was built in to treat men with genitourinary ailments. There were two lavatories contained within the complex; Building 113 was the smaller of the two. Description: Located on the southern side of the G.U. Treatment Complex, the Lavatory is a small x one-story, square structure built of hollow tile. It features two entrances. Windows are six-over-six-light double hung wood sash. The lower half of the lights are translucent glass for privacy. Gables feature roofing paper over horizontal wood planks. The roof and ridge vents are covered in composition shingle.

The interior originally featured four small rooms: a heater room (for the heating of shower water), a shower room, a wash room, and a toilet room. All had concrete 0oors. History: Building 113 was designed as a Type L-A-T- Lavatory, according to plans T.O. and cost to build. The lavatory was one of two such buildings in the G.U. Treatment Unit. This lavatory served twenty-five men. After the war, it was converted to a storehouse, a use it has retained since.

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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