Old Health Services Building
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Completed: 1938
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Description
The massive Health Services Building of the old Jersey City Medical Center complex was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The building, whose former main entrance faces Baldwin Avenue along the west end of the old Medical Center, is 18 stories tall, possesses Deco motifs, and was connected to other buildings on the campus with wings.
The Health Services Building possesses a 1936 cornerstone and was completed in 1938. The building now serves as part of the privately-owned Beacon residential complex.
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Jersey City Medical Center
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Old Health Services Building Cornerstone
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Old Health Services Building Entrance
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/85003057.pdf http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/pages/m_pages/Medical_Center_Complex.htm
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 1, 2015.
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