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influences. It has a concrete frame, with concrete roof and floor slabs, and curtain walls constructed of alternating bands of yellow and brown bricks. The central mass is three stories tall and has two-story wings. The Whittaker Memorial Hospital was founded in 1908 to serve the African-American
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population of Newport News. The hospital was built by African-American physicians and designed by African-American architects,
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building located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of
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The earliest portion of the building has a symmetrical "T"-plan with both
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National Register of Historic Places in Newport News, Virginia
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Mary Harding Sadler and Kimberly M. Chen (March 2009).
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Whittaker Memorial Hospital is located in Virginia
Whittaker Memorial Hospital is located in the United States
Newport News, Virginia
36°59′22″N 76°24′45″W / 36.98944°N 76.41250°W / 36.98944; -76.41250
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hospital
Newport News, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places
Moderne
Art Deco
William Henry Moses Jr.
Charles Thaddeus Russell
James A. Fields House


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Virginia Landmarks Register"
"Week Four: Gone, But Not Forgotten: Va.'s Black-Operated Hospitals » The New Journal and Guide"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whittaker Memorial Hospital"
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