- City:
- Jamaica, New York City, Queens, NY
- Site Type:
- Hospitals and Clinics, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designers:
- Eggers & Higgins, John Russell Pope
Description
Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis in Jamaica, Queens was established in 1941. The Public Works Administration (PWA) approved a $1,317,825 (45%) grant for construction of the project in 1938.
Source notes
The New York Times: "$31,328,500 WORKS APPROVED FOR CITY," June 25, 1938.
The New York Times: "MAYOR DEDICATES $3,923,404 HOSPITAL; Declares at Queens Exercises That Tuberculosis Could Be Ended in 25 Years," JAN. 29, 1941.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 5, 2018.
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