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Place
Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.)
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Ghost Sites
Government Offices
Dublin Core
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Title
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Armory Square Hospital
Description
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Built in 1862 as a model hospital to treat <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/354">wounded Union soldiers</a>, the Armory Square Hospital had twelve pavilions, overflow tents, and 1,000 hospital beds. It included officers' quarters as well as a chapel. President Lincoln frequently visited the patients here, shaking hands, and offering words of comfort. He suggested building flower beds between the wards using plants from government gardens. After the war, the hospital closed. The armory building was used for storage and then as the home of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/316">Fish Commission</a>. It was demolished in 1964. The <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/269">National Air and Space Museum</a> stands on the former hospital site.
Date
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1862 (built)
1964 (demolished)
Coverage
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1860-1889
1950-1979
Source
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U.S. National Library of Medicine. <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/armory.html">View original</a>.
ghost mall
military history
work & play