Smallpox Hospital Ruins

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Gothic Revival architecture New York City Landmark former hospital building historic site ruin

The Smallpox Hospital Ruins are the remains of a 19th-century Gothic Revival smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York City, now a haunting historic landmark and popular photographic subject.

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Label Occurrences
Smallpox Hospital 2
Smallpox Hospital Ruins canonical 1
Smallpox Hospital ruins 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ
New York City Landmark ⓘ
former hospital building ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
ruin ⓘ
abandoned 20th century ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charity Hospital Ruins ⓘ
Renwick Smallpox Hospital ⓘ
Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
surface form: Smallpox Hospital
architect James Renwick Jr. ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
closedAsHospital late 19th century ⓘ
constructionStart 1854 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedNewYorkCityLandmark 1970s ⓘ
hasReputation haunting appearance ⓘ
picturesque ruin ⓘ
heritageDesignation New York City Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception 1856 ⓘ
isPopularFor photography ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
urban exploration ⓘ
laterUse Charity Hospital ⓘ
surface form: Charity Hospital training facility

nurses’ dormitory ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

Roosevelt Island ⓘ
locatedOn Roosevelt Island ⓘ
surface form: Roosevelt Island waterfront

southern end of Roosevelt Island ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Four Freedoms Park ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
numberOfStories three ⓘ
openedForPatients 1856 ⓘ
operatedAs smallpox hospital ⓘ
operatedBy New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
originalFunction smallpox hospital ⓘ
overlooks East River ⓘ
Manhattan skyline ⓘ
partOf Roosevelt Island ⓘ
surface form: Roosevelt Island Historic District
roof roofless ⓘ
status ruin ⓘ
stabilized structure ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
underwentStabilization early 21st century ⓘ
visibleFrom New York City waterfront ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan waterfront

Queens waterfront ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roosevelt Island → hasLandmark → Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
Blackwell's Island → historicalInstitution → Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smallpox Hospital
Smallpox Hospital Ruins → alsoKnownAs → Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smallpox Hospital
Southpoint Park → contains → Smallpox Hospital Ruins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smallpox Hospital ruins