Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park | |
Nurses' Sunken Garden, April 2011 | |
Location | Bounded by Michigan St., Rotary Bldg., West Dr., and Union Bldg., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°46′35″N86°10′56″W / 39.77639°N 86.18222°W Coordinates: 39°46′35″N86°10′56″W / 39.77639°N 86.18222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1930 | -1940
Architect | Gallagher, Percival; Olmsted Brothers |
NRHP reference No. | 96001008 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 25, 1996 |
Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park is a historic park and garden located on the campus of IU Health University Hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was designed between 1929 and 1934 by Percival Gallagher, principal landscape architect for the Olmsted Brothers. The Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park were constructed between 1930 and 1940. [2] :2–3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]
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