- City:
- Jamestown, ND
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Education and Health, Hospitals and Clinics
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
“The Lutheran church sponsored Jamestown Hospital (not surveyed). Ground breaking for the facility took place in 1928 and cornerstone ceremonies on October 28, 1929, one day before the Stock Market Crash. Consequently, donations and bond financing for the project were stalled for several years. The brick structure was completed in 1935, late enough that it may have been assisted by PWA financing. Stylistically, it is very unusual in its simplified Art Deco detailing, particularly in the striated spandrels and stylized arches. Discussion of the style and associated historic theme is found under the Great Depression heading, above.”
[Note: The NRHP report also notes that this hospital may have been completed without federal assistance. Final confirmation on PWA involvement needed]Source notes
National Register of Historic Places survey July 25, 1989Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 30, 2014.
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