Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital

The Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital is a historic hospital complex and national historic district located near Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina. The listing included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites and one contributing structure including the site of the first (ca. 1845) Halifax County home and cemetery, the 1923 county home, and its neighbor, the county tubercular hospital, completed in 1925. Other contributing resources are domestic and agricultural outbuildings. The county home was designed by architects Benton & Benton and is a Neoclassical brick building composed of a two-story central pavilion with one-story hyphenated wings. The tubercular hospital is a one-story brick building with a gable roof. The hospital closed in 1973. The tubercular hospital has been destroyed.[2]

Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital
Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital is located in North Carolina
Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital
Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital is located in the United States
Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital
LocationNC 903, Halifax, North Carolina
Coordinates36°21′12″N 77°37′17″W / 36.35333°N 77.62139°W / 36.35333; -77.62139
Area350 acres (140 ha)
Built1923
Built byFlanigan, E.G.
ArchitectBenton & Benton
Architectural styleClassical
NRHP reference No.85003338[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1985

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Drucilla H. York and Jerry L. Cross (September 1985). "Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved November 1, 2014.