Fort McPherson, World War II Station Hospital, Nurses' Quarters, Anderson Way & Howe Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA,61-ATLA,59I-, with a 368-word written history.
“The Nurses Quarters was built as part of the Station Hospital addition of It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of 800-series hospital construction in mobilization.”
Written record, HABS GA,61-ATLA,59I- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA,61-ATLA,59I- · the record runs 368 words · one of 145 surveyed structures published for this county.
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The Nurses Quarters was built as part of the Station Hospital addition of It signifies the expansion of the Fort McPherson Station Hospital during World War II and the role of 800-series hospital construction in mobilization. The building housed thirty-six nurses who worked at the hospital. It was originally connected to a second nurses quarters and a mess hail, all located at the southeastern end of the Station Hospital complex. Description: Building 167 is a two-story rectangular building, thirteen bays long by three bays wide which rests upon a concrete foundation. It features a pitch roof clad in asphalt shingles.
It is a hollow-tile building covered with a brick veneer, added in Its regular, punched, jack-arched openings feature double-hung aluminum sash windows with fake muntins and concrete sills. The original windows were eight-over-eight-light double-hung wood sash with concrete lintels. The original interior was a double-loaded corridor plan with regular rooms. Today, the corridor plan is still evident, but fewer openings lead off the corridor. History: Building 167 was built according to standard plan to Type specifications, modified to accommodate thirty-six people. The standard plan could be used to house either nurses or bachelor officers.
The building was completed to plans developed for local conditions by architects Burge & Stevens at a cost of The building long served as a nurses quarters, and today functions as transient quarters.
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Completion Report, Job Number T3 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. January - May (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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