Case: GG-2026-192
Status: Historic
Documentation rating: C
Location: New York City, New York
The Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital, commonly called the Renwick Ruin, is the surviving shell of a nineteenth-century New York City hospital built to isolate and treat people with smallpox. Designed by architect James Renwick Jr. and opened in 1856 on what was then Blackwell's Island, the 100-bed Gothic Revival hospital operated during a period when smallpox remained a recurrent and sometimes epidemic threat to the city. After its smallpox function ended, the complex was adapted for nursing education and residence before eventually being abandoned and deteriorating into the landmarked ruin…
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