Buchanan County Infirmary

Buchanan County Infirmary
Location 3500 N. Village Dr., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates 39°49′9″N 94°48′41″W / 39.81917°N 94.81139°W / 39.81917; -94.81139Coordinates: 39°49′9″N 94°48′41″W / 39.81917°N 94.81139°W / 39.81917; -94.81139
Area 2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1919 (1919)
Architect Meier, Rudolph; Arnhold, Ray
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 08001386[1]
Added to NRHP January 29, 2009

Buchanan County Infirmary, also known as Buchanan County Poor Farm and Green Acres, is a historic hospital building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1919, and is a two-story, "F"-shaped Classical Revival-style building with a "fireproof' concrete structure, brick walls, and a cross-hip roof clad with red ceramic tiles. It features a central porch with four full-height concrete Doric order columns that support a projecting, pedimented roof. It is the last surviving structure of the Buchanan County Poor Farm.[2]:5–6

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Elizabeth Rosin and Kristen Ottesen (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buchanan County Infirmary" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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