S06 001.Att3 S02_Att16 Hines VA Preservation Plan with Inventory_updated 2013.pdf

EDWARD HINES, JR. VA HOSPITAL

5000 S. 5TH Avenue, Hines, Illinois

HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• History of Edward Hines, Jr., VA Hospital

• Inventory of Historic Resources within the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration

Hospital Complex National Register District

• Resources Outside of the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Complex

National Register District

• Bibliography

• Appendix A: Inventory Of Resources

CURRENT SITE PLAN

EDWARD HINES, JR. VA HOSPITAL

HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN

INTRODUCTION

The Edward Hines, Jr., Veterans Administration Hospital is located on approximately ___ acres of the hospital’s original 320 acre reservation. This reservation extends from Roosevelt Road on the north where the main entry is, to First Avenue on the east, the Illinois Central right of way on the south, and Ninth Avenue on the west. There are total of 46 buildings, 19 structures, seven objects, and one site on the property that comprise the Hines site, the earliest built in 1921 and the most recent in 2010.

In 2013, a portion of the Hines campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District. The district was nominated under a Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPD) for United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals. This MPD was created in 2011 to provide historic contexts and registration requirements for veterans hospital districts throughout the country. The newly-created Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District contains 47 resources encompassing approximately 45 acres of the campus that relate to the initial design of the hospital in 1921, and the expansion of the hospital from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Of these 47 resources, 35 were classified as contributing to the historic character of the district and 12 were considered non-contributing. There are an additional 25 resources located outside of the boundaries of the Hines National Register Historic District.

This report describes all resources that were classified as contributing to the character of the National Register Historic District. Each description notes architecturally significant features and summarizes proposed work that Hines intends to undertake for each structure as part of its five year project list (SCIP), as well as suggested repairs and alterations made as part of the Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) last updated in February of 2013. Although not subject to review as part of the preservation plan or programmatic agreement, those resources located outside of the historic district that are considered historic (i.e., that date from the same period of significance of 1918-1950 outlined in the United States Second Generation Veterans Hospital MPD) are also fully discussed. Those resources classified as noncontributing within the National Register Historic District, as well as those buildings outside of the district built after 1950, are simply listed in this report.

HISTORY OF EDWARD HINES, JR VA HOSPITAL

The history of Hines Hospital began in the final months of World War I, when a committee from the Surgeon General’s Office of the Army was ordered to search for sites in the Chicago area on which to construct a new hospital to care for wounded troops returning from Europe. The search yielded two possible locations—the Field Museum in Chicago, which had been leased to the U.S. government for use as a temporary hospital; and Speedway Park, an auto race track owned by lumber magnate Edward J. Hines at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Roosevelt Road near Maywood, Illinois. Seeing the construction of a hospital as a way to honor his son Lieutenant Edward Hines, Jr., who had been killed in France, Hines lobbied hard for the Speedway Park site. In a tentative agreement with the Surgeon General of the United States Army, Hines began building the first hospital building on the Speedway Park land in September of 1918.1

Construction of the hospital was fraught with problems from the beginning. In December, Secretary of War Newton Baker rejected the project, claiming that the building was not needed as an emergency army hospital.2 Hines pushed forward with building the hospital and his gamble eventually paid off—after months of political haggling and a congressional investigation, the Secretary of the Treasury signed a contract for completion of the hospital building in March of

1920.3 The unfinished hospital property was turned over to the Public Health Service, which was responsible for the care of returning veterans. The hospital, originally named U. S. Public Health Hospital Number 76, was completed in August of 1921. The largest government-owned hospital in the country, Hospital No. 76 featured a principal building that was over 2,000 feet long.4 This principal structure was one of six buildings that made up the original hospital

1 “War Board Sent Here to Settle Hospital Plans,” Chicago Daily Tribune, 18 October, 1918, 13.

2 “Hines Hospital is Rejected by Baker’s Verdict,” Chicago Daily Tribune, 29 December 1918, A1.

3 “Sign Contract for Completing Speedway Work,” Chicago Daily Tribune, 14 March 1920, A5.

4 W. F. Heisterman, “Historical Sketch of Facility,” Chevrons, March 1938, 54.

complex.5 (Buildings numbered today as 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9). That same mont Service was absorbed into the newly-created Veterans Bureau, which took over adm the hospital. On October 4, 1921, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon issued an order changing the name of the hospital to Edward Hines, Jr. Memorial Hospita officially dedicated on November 6, 1921. The final cost of the hospital was put at $5 m $1.6 million of which was paid for by Edward Hines.

In the late 1920s, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital underwent a dram massive hospital building program begun early in that decade. A com buildings—most of which were meant to house hospital staff—was added to Hines Hospital reservation. These structures (Buildings numbered today as 2, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29) were designed in accordance with the Veterans Bureau’s “arch and feature Georgian Revival-style exteriors, similar to those seen in ma complexes built during the 1920s. Set within a large, cross-shaped mall, the com the imposing Administration building to the west as the central focus between two sm and south quads that form the arms of the cross plan and contain five th housed nurses and male attendants, and a semi-circular ring of smaller offi east,.6 With these structures, more space within the main hospital building becam various departments. The Hines Hospital was equipped to treat a wide variety of conditions, and boasted departments for neurology, cardiology, internal medicine, radium orthopedic surgery, occupational and physical therapy, and ophthalmology, am h, the Public Health inistration of

l. The hospital was illion, atic expansion, as part of a plex of fourteen itectural set,” ny other VA hospital plex consists of all north ree-story buildings that cers’ quarters to the e available for

& x-ray, general and ong many others.7

5 “The Largest Single Fireproof Hospital in the World—United States Public Hospital No. 2,” photograph of Main Hospital Building of the Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital (Building #1), c. 1921. Part of an un‐catalogued collection held by the Hines Hospital Library.

6 Maj. N. V. Perry, “Our New Hospital Construction,” Chevrons, September 1929 (no page number).

7 Chevrons, September 1929.

Building #2, Administrative, 1929 r

On July 6, 1943, ground was broken for the Vaughan Hospital complex. The hospital was constructed on 100 acres of land located at the eastern end of the Hines reservation, east of the Hines buildings and just west of First Avenue. Valued at over $4.5 million, the hospital was established by the Wa Department on August 24, 1943 and officially organized on January 28, 1944. Dedication took place on November 26 of that year.8 Although original plans for the hospital specified 50 buildings, 83 were actually built (only buildings numbered 45, 51, and 53 remain today on the Hines campus). Most buildings on the complex were simple, 1-story brick structures. The administration building and the four ward buildings were more substantial. In addition to general medicine (which most general hospitals were intended to provide), Vaughan Hospital also specialized in general and orthopedic surgery, and in psychiatry.9

Vaughan General Hospital and the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital co-existed as separate institutions through the end of the war. Because Vaughan was one of only two general hospitals specifically designed for future use by nearby Veterans Administration hospitals, it was initially assumed that the hospital would be turned over to the VA after the war’s end. However, this conflicted with the Army’s policy of retaining hospitals located in or near densely-populated areas in order to allow more patients to be hospitalized near their homes.10 This conflict arose for both Vaughan and McGuire hospital in Richmond Virginia. In the end though, both complexes were placed in control of the VA. President Harry Truman signed the order authorizing the transfer of Vaughan to the Veterans Administration in December of 1945; the VA officially assumed control of the property on April 1, 1946. Col. Warren A. Colton, manager of Hines Hospital, outlined the VA’s future plans for the Vaughan complex in the final edition of the Vaughan Views published March 15, 1946:

“We expect to use the facilities at Vaughan for the care of paraplegic, tuberculosis and neuropsychiatric and neurosurgical cases. There will also be a neurosis center set up at this installation” he explained. All surgery and internal medicine as well as its sub-specialties will be handled at Hines. Administratively, both Hines and Vaughan will be under supervision of the same manager, according to Col. Colton. He also stated that a comprehensive special services program, which includes library service, recreation, athletics, a canteen and also the services of a chaplain, was planned for Vaughan.11

8 J. C. Foley, “History Highlights of Vaughan Tell Story of Achievement,” Vaughan Views, 15 March 1946, 4‐5.

9 Smith, 312.

10 Ibid, 303.

11 “Hines Manager Outlines Plans for Future Utilization of Vaughan as Veterans Administration Facility,” Vaughan Views, 15 March 1946, 1.

The years following World War II were ones of growth and development for the newly-consolidated Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. Beginning in the early 1940s, the VA adopted a policy of their hospitals establishing professional ties with nearby medical schools. Hines was the first hospital to implement this policy, inviting representatives of the medical schools at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois to form the Deans Committee for the hospital.12

In the 1960s, two new medical centers moved onto the Hines property. The first, in April of 1964, was the State Illinois Department of Mental Health. The department constructed a 278-bed mental health center called the John J. Madden Mental Health Zone Center at the northeast corner of the Hines reservation. A year later, Hines offered most of the former Vaughan General Hospital site to Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine for a new hospital complex, including a 451-bed hospital, dental school, nursing school, and research and teaching facilities.

The construction of this new complex required the demolition of most of the Vaughan buildings.13 Three of the four former Vaughan ward buildings were retained by Hines and two remain standing in 2011 -- the Neuropsychiatric Ward (Building 51 recently approved for demolition) and the Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center (Building 53 renovated in 2006 and leased to Catholic Charities as the Bishop Raymond E. Goedert Residence); Building 54 was acquired by Loyola University and still stands today within their campus boundaries.

Hines VA Hospital was also expanding during this time. In 1966, the hospital embarked on a long-term modernization program, the centerpiece of which was the new fifteen-story General Medical and Surgical Building designed by C. F. Murphy and Associates.14 The building was dedicated in October of 1970. This program also included the construction of seven scattered, one-story generator buildings across campus to provide utility service. One of the casualties of this extended modernization program was Building 50, the former Neurology Ward building of Vaughan, which was demolished to provide space for a parking lot.

The 1980s saw the addition of several major structures across campus including an Extended Care Center on Cummings Way from 1983, a Spinal Cord Injury facility to the south near the Kansas parking lot from 1988, and the Mental Health Administration Facility on Tripp Avenue from 1989. A large warehouse facility was added at the end of Fears Drive in 1986. The most recent new construction has been the Fisher House, completed in 2010 on Tripp Avenue on axis across the mall with the Administrative Building. This is the first new building on the Hines campus to have been designed in a traditional architectural style since the 1940s.

12 “History of Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hines, Illinois,” unpublished manuscript, date unknown (dates in history suggest post‐1970).

13 Ibid.

14 “50 Years: Edward Hines, Jr. Memorial Hospital,” The Hines Vets Gazette, October 1971, 8.

INVENTORY OF HISTORIC RESOURCES WITHIN THE EDWARD

HINES, JR. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL NATIONAL

REGISTER DISTRICT

The recently-listed Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital National Register District encompasses two distinct sections of the hospital campus that represent much of its historic development. The main hospital building from 1921 (originally named US Hospital #76, now known as Building #1) and the five supporting utility buildings (#3, 5, 7, 8, 9) along its west side make up the western edge of the district, while its core contains the large, cross-shaped mall enclosed by “architectural set” buildings constructed in 1929. The focal point is the Administrative building (#2) on Hines Boulevard at the west end of the mall, featuring a prominent clock tower. Framing the north end (with buildings #12, 13, and 14) and south end (with buildings #16, 17, and 18) of the mall are two groups of three similar structures that face each other across a broad lawn. Across Tripp Avenue, at the east end, Crossman Circle has a semi-circular row of seven residential (quarters) buildings (buildings #23 through 29). Also included in the district is the Main Gate House (#35), the entrance drive of Hines Boulevard from the gate at Roosevelt Road to the George Dilboy Monument (#34) and American Legion Auxiliary DuPage County Memorial (Resource L) and the section of Tripp Avenue connecting Hines Boulevard to the central mall around Crossman Circle. The 1929 buildings are Colonial Revival in style, with red brick facades and classical white wood porches, entries, and trim. The mall was conceived as a vast, grassy open space although a new building (#100 the Fisher House) was built in 2010 blocking the vista between the Administrative building and the Quarters. In total, the 35 resources within the district have been classified as contributing to its historic character, and 12 resources have been classified as non-historic.

CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES: ORIGINAL 1921 HISTORIC BUILDINGS

Along the western end of the historic district are six structures that were built in 1921 by Edward Hines as US Public Health Hospital #76, which was later renamed Edward Hines, Jr. Memorial Hospital. The hospital was originally conceived as a 2040-foot long, 50-foot wide, four-story main infirmary building with its principal facade facing east, and a collection of utility buildings lining a service drive (Scott Drive) on its rear, west façade. When the 1929 campus was added just under ten years later, the new Administrative building also faced east, placed at the mid-point of the original hospital building, but effectively turning away from it. Additional service buildings have been added over the years in the rear, so that today the five original 1921 buildings are interspersed with a few other historic buildings (built before 1950) and others from as recently as 1991.

BUILDING #1: Main Infirmary Building (1921, contributing building) When first opened, the south half of the main infirmary building was used as an 864-bed hospital and the north half was used as quarters for resident personnel. The four-story brick building with a hipped roof has full-height projecting bays and balconies at irregular intervals on both long facades. The two most prominent bays are Sections B and F which have four engaged pilasters at the third and fourth floors and keystones over the fourth floor windows. Original concrete balconies with classical balusters remain in place only on the south and west (rear) facades of Section A. There may have originally been more of these open balconies which at the time were viewed as important in patient care. Any other balconies or porches on the building today are non-historic, with concrete decks and metal railings. There are some original 6/6 double hung windows with 3-light transoms, particularly on some floors in Sections A, B, C, and D. The majority of windows are aluminum replacement sash in a non-historic configuration.

The 2013 National Register Historic District includes Building #1 as a contributing resource within the district.

The historic integrity of the building is mixed—a majority of the original 12/12 double-hung wood sash and 8-light transoms in the building’s window openings have and single-light hopper transoms. Most of the origin stories have been removed or altered.

Construction Projects from 2013, 2014, and 2015 SCIP Projects Lists Affecting Building #1 been replaced by two-light replacement sash al cast stone balconies at the third and fourth

Building #1, Main Infirmary Building (1921)

• 2013 and 2104—Renovation (interior and exterior) and expansion of Building 1 in the northern “G” section will add 6,500 square feet to the hospital (VHA12-578-2013-9584)

• 2013 and 2014—Renovation (interior and exterior) and expansion of Building 1 in the southern “G” section will add 4,500 square feet to the hospital (VHA12-578-2013-9596)

• 2013-2014--Renovation and expansion of Building 1 in the northern “F” section will add 4,500 square feet to the hospital (VHA12-578-2013-9599)

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of the building include:

• Cleaning, repair, and repointing of all exterior masonry walls and painting all exterior trim (Rec. No. 165996)

• Possible replacement of asphalt shingles on roof (Rec. No. 166000)

• Possible replacement of 960 wood double hung windows (Rec. No. 166004)

• Possible removal of third- and fourth-floor exterior concrete balconies (Rec. No. 23916)

In 2011, the architecture and engineering firm Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson (HGA) were retained to head a major renovation of Building #1. In the executive summary to their Master Plan Project Summary Report, dated May 31, 2013, HGA stated that “The project was halted in progress as the renovation of Building #1 has been determined to be infeasible. . . . The project is currently being re-evaluated to determine if it can be repurposed.” HGA’s determination was based on their findings that a full renovation of the building would cost approximately three times that of new construction. HGA also concluded that, even after renovation, the existing

Building #9, Recreation Building (1921) building possesses “fundamental shortcomings”---mainly, its long, narrow footprint—that “cannot be overcome.” Based on these findings, it seems likely that the VA will consider the demolition of Building #1 in the near future.

SERVICE BUILDINGS:

Building #3, Mortuary and Shops Building (1921, contributing building) Building #5, Power House (1921, contributing building) Building #7, Subsistence Building (1921, contributing building) Building #8, Mess Hall/Kitchen (1921, contribu Building #9, Recreation Building (1921, contributing building) All five original service buildings from 1921 have as stringcourses, cornices and pediments. Some have historic m windows. Housing service functions for the hospital and out of sight of the campus, they have not been remodeled as much over t interesting window into the past character of the original 192 round brick arches. Although the auditorium space is still in use, there are no significant interior historic features remaining.

Building #5 is the Power House.

Utilitarian in design, its most prominent feature is a tall, clay tile smoke stack. There is a stone stringcourse below the brick parapet wall. Building #7 (Subsistence Building) is a two-story building with an irregular footprint. It features a projecting cornice below the parapet wall and historic 6/6 and 6/9 wood double hung windows. This building has been counted as a single contributing resource in tandem with Building #33, the Biomedical Research Library Building, built in 1932. The two buildings are connected at the east end of Building #7’s north wing. Building #8 Mess Hall/Kitchen is a one and two-story building with a T-shaped plan and a hipped roof. It also features an original wood cornice and original windows in 8/8 and 20/20 configuration with four-light transoms. One other building from this period, #3 Mortuary and Shops Building, is one-story and extensively altered, with most window openings bricked in or filled with glass block.

ting building) common brick facades and classical trim such ulti-light double-hung wood of most visitors in the rear he years. As a result they present an 1 hospital complex.

The most interesting of these buildings is Building #9 (Recreation Building).

This building has a one-story base with a gable-roofed, three-story auditorium rising up from the center. Entry is along the side through an arcade with

Building #5, Power House (1921)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #3 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior walls (Rec. No. 110655)

• Possible replacement of exterior ramp and stairs (Rec. No. 238313)

• Possible replacement of existing roofing materials (Rec. No. 110657)

• Possible replacement of steel , glass block, and jalousie windows (Rec. No. 42672)— steel windows are historic, glass block and jalousie are not.

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #5 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior walls (Rec. No. 42763)

• Possible replacement of wood loading dock (Rec. No. 28344)

• Possible repair, repainting, and reglazing or steel windows (Rec. No. 42769)

• Possible repair or replacement of clerestory windows (Rec. No. 238346)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #7 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior walls, repair and painting of wood trim (Rec. No. 42821)

• Possible replacement of metal siding at steel framed enclosure (Rec. No. 110672)

• Possible replacement of exterior spiral stair (Rec. No. 238349)

• Possible replacement of roofing material (Rec. Nos. 42824)

• Possible replacement of original wood double hung windows (Rec. No. 42826)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #8 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior brick, repair and painting of wood trim and cornice, and repainting of metal siding, gutters, and downspouts (Rec. No.

110682)

• Possible replacement of original wood double hung windows with aluminum windows (Rec. No. 42854)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #9 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior brick, painting of wood trim and cornice (Rec. No. 42875)

• Possible repair/repainting or replacement of original wood windows (Rec. No. 42881)

RESOURCE C: Connecting Corridor System (1921, contributing structure) Also included as a separate resource in the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital Historic District is the system of connecting corridors along the west side of the Main Infirmary Building

(Building #1). The corridor was built around the same time as Building #1, and allowed for movement between the main building and the service buildings. The 1,900-foot, one-story structure features a running-bond brick exterior perforated by regular window openings with 6/6 double hung metal sash. A non-historic addition extends the corridor along its south end.

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Resource C include:

• Possible repair and repoint existing exterior brick, replace metal siding at corridor to Building #3 (Rec. No. 159371)

• Possible replacement of existing wood windows (Rec. No. 161438)

CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES: 1929 HOSPITAL CAMPUS EXPANSION

BUILDING #2: Administrative Building (1929, contributing building) RESOURCE G: Connecting Corridor (1929, contributing structure) The Administrative building is the signature historic building on the Hines campus and the principal focus of the mall. Long and symmetrical, the three-story red brick structure has a hipped main roof and barrel-roofed dormers. Its most prominent feature is the two-story entry portico with classical columns and tympanum with oculus and swags. The clock tower has a (new) copper, belcast roof, with balustrade and brackets on either side of it. The entry doors have a blind arch, sidelights, and transom. There are side entries at each end with pediments and open porches. The main lobby of the building features classical marble pilasters, wainscoting, and crown molding.

Alterations include replacement windows throughout the structure in a historic 12/12 configuration, replacement doors, and a replacement aluminum cornice with a historic profile.

There are few or no historic features and materials on the interior, with the exception of the main lobby. The rehabilitation of this building was completed in 2009 with a letter of approval from the IHPA dated June 17, 2009.

Building #2, Administrative Building (1929)

Although most changes listed in the assessment were addressed in the 2009 renovation, the updated FCA lists the repair or replacement of quarry tile and concrete bands at the main entry porch as a possible future project (Rec. No. 19)

Building #12, Nurses’ Quarters (1929)

The connecting corridor, built in 1929 to link the Administrative Building to the Main Infirmary Building to the west, is listed as a separate, contributing resource within the Hines National Register District. The corridor was built in two sections—the first, north section is a one-story brick structure with a gabled roof and 12-light replacement windows. The second, south section, also brick, features a flat roof. Most windows on this second section are fixed, single-light replacement windows.

BUILDINGS #12, #13, & #14: Nurses’ Quarters (1929-1932, contributing buildings)

These three buildings frame the north end of the mall and match each other in stylistic expression. They are three-story red brick, symmetrical structures with a hipped roof and gable-roofed dormers. The dormers have cornice returns and fanlight transoms. There is a center projecting bay with a pediment having an oval window with wood fanlight muntins and a classical entry pavilion with columns. There are keystones over the first and second floor windows and a shell transom over the center window on the second floor. Open side porches have box columns and wrought iron railings on the south end of building #12, the east end of building #13, and both ends of building #14.

Building #12 was renovated in 2011-2013. As part of the renovation, the north porch was removed, and a new brick and glass winter garden with a standing seam metal roof was built along the northeast corner, connecting to Building #13. Other alterations to the building include replacement of the original windows and doors, with altered window configurations on either side of the main entry, aluminum box columns on the front entry porch, and an aluminum replacement cornice. There are no historic materials in the interior.

Building #13 was also extensively renovated in 2011-2013. A letter of approval for the work was issued from the IHPA dated June 14, 2010. The newly-built winter garden connects to Building #13 at its west elevation—this new construction required the removal of the building’s west-side porch. The front entry pavilion, including the entry doors, was replaced. The original wood double hung sash were replaced with aluminum sash with snap-in false muntins, with aluminum panning covering the brick mold. The dormer windows were also sided with aluminum, and the original windows replaced with vents. An aluminum replacement cornice was also installed. Building #13 also features a one-story

Building #13, Nurses’ Quarters (1929)

Building #14, Nurses’ Quarters (1932) connector to building 228 that was likely built around the time of that building’s erection in 1989.

throughout, replacement doors on four elevations with downsized door openings on the two ends. The open end porches on Building #14 are the most original of the three buildings in this grouping.

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

Building #14 is leased by Catholic Charities and was renovated several years ago for use by them as institutional housing. Non-historic alterations include a handicapped ramp on the front (west) entrance, aluminum fluted front porch columns, replacement windows

All issues listed for Buildings #12, 13, and 14 in the updated FCA were addressed as part of the 2011-2013 rehabilitation.

BUILDINGS #16, #17, & #18 – Attendants’ Quarters (1929, Contributing buildings) These three buildings frame the south end of the mall and match each other in stylistic expression with some variations from the other grouping. The three story red brick, symmetrical structures have hipped roofs and gable-roofed dormers in a historic configuration but with replacement materials. The center projecting bay is pitched a bit higher and has cornice returns on the gable peak rather than a pediment when compared to buildings 12, 13, and 14. There are classical entry pavilions, and the windows above them have pilasters, pediment, and herringbone brick in a round/blind arch. First and second floor windows have keystones. There are open side porches on both ends of each building. The most original are on Building #18 with wood framing, multi-light transom, and historic configuration in the replacement doors.

Building #16 has replacement windows in a historic configuration;

replacement front and side doors in a historic configuration and vents in the sidelights above the front door.

There are aluminum fluted columns on the porches with replacement railings. A handicapped ramp stretches along the north side porch.

Aluminum siding and aluminum windows are in the dormers, as well as an aluminum cornice. There is a rear elevator tower addition.

Building #16, Attendants’ Quarters (1929)

Building #18, Attendants’ Quarters (1929)

Building #17 has multi-light replacement windows in a double hung proportion that is not historic.

Replacement front and side doors are in a non-historic configuration.

There are aluminum fluted columns on the porch, aluminum materials in the dormers in a historic configuration, and an aluminum cornice. A handicapped ramp runs along the front entrance. There is a front entrance.

Construction Projects from 2013, 2014, and 2015 SCIP Projects Lists Affecting Building #16, Building #17, Attendants’ Quarters (1929) rear elevator tower addition.

Building #18 has replacement windows, replacement doors with a historic configuration on the sides but not on the front, non-historic materials in the dormers, and an aluminum cornice. The handicapped ramp is across the

17, or 18:

• 2014 Project List includes renovation of the third floor interior of Building #18.

***BUILDING #16 MISSING FROM FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT***

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #17 include:

• Possible replacement of concrete steps and entrance ramp at north entry (Rec. No. 42133)

• Possible replacement of gutters and porch roofs (Rec. No. 110713)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #18 include:

• Possible repointing of 1/3 of the building, installation of downspout at southeast corner, and repair of gutters (Rec. No. 42163)

• Possible replacement of north exterior door (Rec. No. 17)

• Possible replacement of asphalt shingle roof (Rec. No. 18)

Building #29, Officers’ Duplex (1929)

BUILDINGS #23-#29: Residential Quarters (1929, contributing buildings) BUILDINGS #31 & #32: Personnel Garages (1932, contributing buildings) These seven residential buildings and two garages are located at the eastern terminus of Crossman Circle, and were constructed in 1929 as housing for officers and hospital staff. These buildings can be broken into three distinct building types--two are single family buildings originally built as bachelors’ quarters (#23) and the manager’s residence (#27); four are duplexes that served as officers’ quarters (#25, 26, 28, and 29), and one is a 6-unit apartment house originally built for hospital staff (#24) for a total of sixteen residential units. The buildings are all two-story, red brick with white, painted wood Colonial Revival style trim and form a pleasant ensemble around the semi-circular Crossman Circle.

Building #23 is the simplest design with a center entry door with curved wrought iron stair railing. The pilasters on either side of the front door are of aluminum replacement materials. Another classical feature on this single family residence is the cornice returns on the side gable roofs.

There is an aluminum cornice and soffits and 6/6 replacement windows.

Building #27 is a bit more impressive single-family building. There is a more decorative front door surround with multi-light sidelights and transom and a geometric-paneled frieze.

There are cornice returns on the side gable roof of the house and there are two side wings, one with a garage and the other a one-story enclosed porch. There are many aluminum replacement materials on this building including panning on the front entry pilasters, eaves, soffits, and garage door. There are replacement windows and a replacement front door. This building is currently vacant.

Buildings #25, 26, 28, and 29 are side-by-side duplexes whose side gable roofs each have four gable-roofed dormers on the front slope and cornice returns on the ends. There are matching entry doors to each unit, featuring Tuscan columns and ornate capitals, a broken pediment and dentil molding. There are fanlight transoms with leaded muntins and the original curved wrought iron stair railings are still in place. Replacement materials include 1/1windows, front doors in a historic paneled configuration, aluminum cornice and soffits, and aluminum material in the dormers.

Building #23, Bachelors’ Quarters (1929)

Building #27, Manager’s Residence (1929) l above 4/4 and 6/6 replacement windows. The cornice and soffits are aluminum.

There are two garages behind the Quarters on McCoy Drive with accommodation for ten cars each in a long, low, brick building with a flat roof. Although these buildings are considered contributing structures within the historic district, they have no distinguishing architectural features and are not visible from front views along Crossman Circle.

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

Building #24 is the largest of the residentia Quarters and the only one that is quite differently designed. The long, red brick building has projecting wings on each end that have front-facing gable peaks with center chimneys and semi-circular attic windows. The paired entry doors are different here too, with barrel-vaulted, arched canopies on wood pilasters and the original wood front doors.

There are leaded fanlight transoms and original wrought iron railings. There are stone keystones

Building #24, Apartment House (1929)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #23 include:

• Possible repair and painting of doors, cornice, and metal railings (Rec. No. 16144)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161450)

In addition to these issues, the updated FCA stated that the building was inaccessible due to excessive mold. The 2014 Project Plan (Project No. 578-13-104) states that repairs to the steam-damaged quarters will be designed during this year, and likely “requires complete gutting and renovation due to extensive water and mold damage.”

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #24 include:

• Possible chimney repair (Rec. No. 161459)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161464)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #25 include:

• Possible repair of exterior stair posts and railings (Rec No. 239463)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161478)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #26 include:

• Possible repair of exterior stair posts and railings (Rec No. 239466)

• Possible Replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161492)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #27 include:

• Possible repair of exterior stair posts and railings (Rec. No. 239541)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161506)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #28 include:

• Possible repair of and painting of wood trim at dormers and cornice (Rec. No. 9)

• Possible repair of exterior stair posts and railings (Rec. No. 239544)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161520)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #29 include:

• Possible repair of exterior stair posts and railings (Rec. No. 239547)

• Possible replacement of roofing material and gutters (Rec. No. 161534)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #31 include:

• Possible replacement of roofing material and painting of trim (Rec. No. 1161554)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #32 include:

• Possible replacement of roofing material and painting of trim (Rec. No. 161566)

• Possible installation of window screens, repainting and repair of existing windows (Rec.

No. 161568)

RESOURCE F: Central Lawn (1929, contributing site) Within the Hines National Register District, the central lawn is counted as a contributing site.

This resource includes the lawns fronting the Nurses’ Quarters (Buildings #12, 13, and 14), the Attendants’ Quarters (Buildings #16, 17, and 18), and the central lawn stretching east from the Administration Building (Building #2). The openness of the lawn and its sunken design are elements that should be retained. The eastern end of the 1929 lawn fronting the curving western end of Crossman circle has lost its integrity with the construction of the Fisher House (Building #100), and is not included in Resource F. As part of the 2011-2013 renovation of Buildings #12, #13, and #14, a circular area with low brick benches surrounding a metal sculpture was installed in the center of the lawn in front of these three buildings. Concrete walkways radiate out from this center area to similar, semi-circular seating areas in front of each building. A fourth walkway runs south from the center seating area to Crossman Circle.

Although projects listed in the 2013-2015 project cycle and the updated Facility Condition Assessment do not seem to directly affect the central lawn, some—including the building of new distribution tunnels from the new boiler plant (scheduled for construction in 2014), may have an indirect impact on the lawn.

Resource #35: Main Gate House (1929)

Resource #34, George Dilboy Memorial Statue (1942)

BUILDING #35: Main Gate House (1929, contributing building) RESOURCE J: Gate Post (1929, contributing object) RESOURCE L: Main Entrance Drive (1929, contributing site) Although physically separate from the buildings on the mall and Crossman Circle, the Main Gate House (#35) is part of the 1929 hospital construction program. Hines Boulevard (Resource L) is an internal drive that one turns south onto from Roosevelt Road. Its original path was a sweeping southwest diagonal that entered the hospital mall alongside the east façade of the Administrative building. When the Main Hospital (#200) was built in 1968 the boulevard was blocked so that today it terminates at the front entrance to the Main Hospital. The remaining roadway in front of building #2, still named Hines Boulevard, is essentially a parking area. Included in the National Register District is that section of Hines Boulevard from Roosevelt Road to the Y-shaped intersection of Scott Drive and Tripp Avenue, then south along Tripp Avenue past the historic 1929 campus buildings. Also included is a small parkway at the southwest corner of Hines Boulevard and Tripp Avenue that contains the George Dilboy Memorial (Resource #34) and the American Legion Auxiliary DuPage County Memorial (Resource I).

Colonial Revival features of The side gabled roof has cornice returns and the front entry door has a canopy, brack An engaged brick pillar indicates where gates were throughout the cam windows and a non-historic replacem entrance to the hospital.

of three gate posts originally placed at the entrance—the othe

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

The Main Gate House guarding the Roosevelt Road entrance is a diminutive red brick building with the other buildings in its era.

ets and dentil moldings.

on the northeast corner once attached. Like others pus, the building has replacement ent door.

Opposite the gate house is a single square brick gate post (Resource J, 1929) that marks the historic

The post was originally one r two have since been demolished.

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #35 include:

• Possible repair, repointing, and cleaning of exterior brick, and repair and painting of wood trim (Rec. No. 161574)

• Possible replacement of existing copper gutters (Rec. No.

161577

RESOURCE #34: George Dilboy Memorial Statue (1942, contributing object) RESOURCE A: Doughboy Memorial (c. 1930, contributing object) RESOURCE I: American Legion Auxiliary DuPage County Memorial (1931, contributing object)

Resource I (1931) Building #30, Linen Exchange Building (1936)

Resource A (1930)

Several military memorials on the Hines Hospital Campus are also included within the Historic District, and are counted as contributing objects. In a small parkway on the west side of Tripp Avenue stands the George Dilboy Memorial Statue (#34). This bronze figure of a World War I soldier was installed in 1942 to honor Dilboy, a Greek immigrant who served in France during World War I and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The statue was re-installed on a new granite base in 2007.

A short distance from the Dilboy statue is the American Legion Auxiliary Dupage County Memorial (Resource I), a large boulder embedded with the carved profile of a World War I soldier and inscribed “AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, DUPAGE COUNTY, 1931.” A smaller side inscriptions reads “CARVED

BY THE ETERNAL CITY MONUMENT WKS HILLSIDE,

ILL.”

Located in front of the Administration Building (Building #2) is the Doughboy Memorial (Resource A). Dating from 1930, the bronze statue depicts an American “doughboy” with a small child on his knee. The limestone pedestal originally included a small drinking fountain that has since been repurposed as a planter.

OTHER CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT

Building #4, Central Service Building (1926)

BUILDING #4: Central Service Building (1926, contributing building) Building #4 (Central Service Building) was built in 1926, between the construction of the original hospital complex in 1921 and the campus expansion in 1929. The building was constructed as a warehouse building. The one-story, flat-roof brick building with a simple cast-stone stringcourse is similar in design to the other service buildings around it that were built in 1921. As with these other service buildings, the Central Service Building exhibits some minor alterations, including replacement windows and some small additions.

No changes were indicated for this building in either the SCIP projects lists or in the FCA.

BUILDING #30: Linen Exchange Building (1935, contributing building) Building #30, the Linen Exchange Building, was constructed along the west side of the external connecting corridor (Building C) that runs along the west elevation of the Main Infirmary

Building (Building #1). The one-story brick building is unadorned, with a flat roof and concrete foundation. Most of the windows on the building are historic 6/6 double hung sash. Window and door openings are topped by brick soldier-course lintels.

Building #45, Canteen Building (1944)

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #30 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior brick (Rec. No. 161542)

• Possible replacement of roofing material (Rec. No. 161546)

• Possible repair or replacement of existing windows (Rec. No. 161548)

BUILDING #45: Canteen Building (1944, contributing building) ave

Building (Building #220, noncontributing) was likely built around the time the new warehouse was constructed in 1986.

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

Building #45, located along west side of the Main Infirmary Building (Building #1), was constructed in 1944. The one-story square structure features an unadorned brick exterior and flat roof. Most of the window and door openings on all elevations of the building h either been bricked in or have replacement sash or doors. A non-historic atrium addition that connects the building to the Warehouse/Service

Building #47 Gas Metering House

(1930s-40s

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #45 include:

• Possible cleaning, repair, and repointing of exterior brick (Rec. No. 42724)

• Possible repair of leak at atrium gutter (Rec. No. 15)

BUILDING #47: Gas Metering House (1930s-1940s, contributing building) The Gas Metering House (Resource #47) is a small, square, brick structure bordering Scott Drive at the western edge of the historic district. All windows have been bricked in, and the door replaced. The footprint and massing of the building remain unaltered.

NONCONTRIBUTING RESOURCES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT

Of the 47 total resources in the Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital National Register District, 12 were classified as noncontributing. Most of these resources are buildings that were constructed outside of the district’s period of significance (after 1950). Any alterations to these resources are not subject to review under this preservation plan.

• Building #100: Fisher House (2010)

• Building #220: Warehouse/Services Building (1986)

• Building #223: Emergency Generator Building (1971)

• Building #224: Emergency Generator Building (1971)

• Building #229: Research Building (1991)

• Building #230: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Building (1986)

• Building #300: Prefabricated Office Building (1990s)

• Resource B: Gazebo (2000s)

• Resource D: Emergency Generator Building (1990s)

• Resource E: Connecting Corridor (c. 1988)

• Resource H: Sound Barrier Wall (c. 2010)

• Resource K: Guard House (c. 2000)

RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE EDWARD HINES, JR. VETERANS

ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC

DISTRICT BOUNDARY

RICT

HISTORIC RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE DIST

Building #20, US Air Mail Service Building (1921) the National Register Historic District, they do ination (1918-1950) and could be considered ay be subject to review under this

Building #20, the US Air Mail Service Building, was constructed in 1921 as part of the original hospital campus. The building was built along with two other storage buildings along a spur of the Illinois Central Railroad. As the name implies, Building #20 originally housed the hospital’s air mail service; a stone nameplate along its north elevation reads “US AIR MAIL

Although these resources are not located within fall within the period of significance set by the nom historic resources. Any alterations to these resources m preservation plan.

BUILDING #20: US Air Mail Service Building (1921)

Building #46, Golf Course Clubhouse (1945)

Building #21, Supply Depot/Storage (1921)

SERVICE.” Sanborn Fire Insurance Company maps from the early 1930s indicate that the building also housed the hospital’s fire department. The building is composed of two distinct sections—the east section, which is two stories tall and topped with a flat roof, and a single-story west section with gable roof. Both sections of the building feature common brick exteriors. All windows on both sections have been replaced with fixed, translucent panels fitted with operating hopper sections at the bottom of the panels. Some window openings have been bricked in.

Description of needed changes that affect the exterior of Building #20 include:

• Possible repair, cleaning, and repointing of exterior brick, repair and painting of trim, repair of exposed rebar at parapet (Rec. No. 42223)

• Possible repair and replacement of damaged roof and gutters at south gable (Rec. No.

239457)

• Possible replacement of all existing windows (Rec. Nos. 42229 and 161418) two storage buildings the Air Mail Service

1921 (the second storage #22, is not longer extant).

truss system was board, and is currently covers a number of original multi-light metal windows, which are still visible from the inside of the buildings.

Facility Condition Assessment (last updated February 21, 2013)

BUILDING #21: Supply Depot/Storage (1921) Building #21 was one of constructed just north and west of Building…