Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District

Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District is a historic hospital complex and national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Veterans' Administration hospital at Asheville. They were built between 1924 and 1940, and include white frame Colonial Revival and massive yellow stucco Georgian Revival structures. Notable buildings include the Administration Building (1928), Wards A and B (1925), Wards C and D (1930), Wards E and F (1932), Kitchen (1926) and Dining Hall (1930), Officers' Quarters (1927), and Nurses Dormitories (1930 and 1932). In 1967, a new Asheville, VA Medical Center complex was built adjacent to the original.[2]

Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District
Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital, September 2012
LocationN side of US 70, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°35′27″N 82°29′05″W
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Built1924 (1924)-1940
Built byVeterans Administration; Rose, W. P. Co.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.85003529[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1985

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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Douglas Swaim and Jim Sumner (June 1984) [April 1982]. "Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.



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