Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Nurses Home and Superintendent's House

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Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Nurses Home and Superintendent's House
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Lake County Sanatorium Nurses Home, June 2012
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Location2323 N. Main St. and 425 W. 93rd Ave., Crown Point, Indiana
Coordinates 41°27′4″N87°21′55″W / 41.45111°N 87.36528°W / 41.45111; -87.36528
Area2.86 acres (1.16 ha)
Built1930 (1930)
ArchitectNorris, Karl D.
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 05000608, 12001150 (Boundary Increase) [1] [2]
Added to NRHPJune 17, 2005, January 9, 2013 (Boundary Increase)

Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Nurses Home and Superintendent's House is a historic tuberculosis sanatorium located at Crown Point, Indiana. The Nurses Home was built in 1930, and is a three-story, Georgian Revival style brick building on a raised concrete basement. It has a hipped roof with pediment. It features a three-bay projecting entrance portico with an arcade and variation of Corinthian order pilasters. The Superintendent's House was built in 1930, and is a 2+12-story, Colonial Revival style brick building with a one-story flat roofed wing. The Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium closed around 1971. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, with a boundary increase in 2013. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13. National Park Service. November 18, 2013.
  3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016.Note: This includes James D. Smith and Sherry A. Nagel-Smith (November 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lake County Sanatorium Nurses Home" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016., Gregg Abell (May 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Nurses Home and Superintendent's House (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016., Sketches, and Accompanying photographs.