Strecker Memorial Laboratory
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NYC Landmark
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| Location | Welfare Island, New York, New York |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architect | Withers & Dickson |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000886[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated NYCLPC | March 23, 1976[2] |
Strecker Memorial Laboratory is a historic building located in Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Built in 1892 to serve as a laboratory for City Hospital, it was "the first institution in the nation for pathological and bacteriological research."[3] The building was designed by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Walter Dickson in the Romanesque Revival style.[3][4] In 1907, the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology took over the running of the lab.[3] The institute left the lab in the 1950s, and it fell into disrepair.[3]
In 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places,[5] and in 1976 it was designated a New York City landmark.[2] New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to use the structure to house a power conversion substation there to power trains that run underneath Roosevelt Island.[4] The city faithfully restored the building, and the substation has been active since 2000.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Strecker Laboratory" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Neil Tandon. "Strecker Memorial Laboratory". Roosevelt Island Historical Society. New York Correction History Society. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ a b c Judith Berdy (2005-05-23). "Preserving Social History on Roosevelt Island". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "New York - New York County". National Register of Historic Places. United States National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
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