The Washington times., 1928-08-18
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Building permits were let to
Emergency Hospital during the
last week for the erection of q
new nine-story brick and cop
crete hospital building at 1903 New
York Ave- NJ. w, and Tor re-
pairs and four-story brick addi-
ton to the existing building. The
new projects will cost approx
mately $S50.000, and construction
will begin at once.
The nine-story building, which
will be the east wing Of the hos
pita. is to be erected on the site
of the Cox Building, which IS
being torn down to make way
for the new structure. The wing
viii be As feet wide and 125 feet
deep. It win rise vertically 70
the ninth story, at which height
the building will assume the SET.
back appearance required by local
building regulations and at the
same time allow the architectural
design to remain in harmony with
the main building and the nurses
home.
To POVride Offices
The basement will house new
power and heating plant which will
be used in heating the entire hos
pitaI while the first floor will be de-
voted to offices for the hospital
superintendent, physicians, general
bookkeeping department and file
rooms. The second and third floors
viii be devoted to wards divided into
cuticles, each OF which will be parti-
toned off with metal and glass walls
for patients who cannot afford
strictly private rooms.
The FORTH, fifth, sixth and sew
enth floors OF the new wing will
be used for So private rooms Of
varied size and accommodations the
most lavish Of which viii include
private baths The eighth floor will
be constructed to allow the installa-
ton of completely equipped x-ray
department and rooms for various
electrical treatment. Much thought
is being given to this floor in order
that doctors and nurses will be
protected from the dangerous cleo
ttical rays Of the instruments. The
floors viii BIS covered with a layer
of sheet lead and the walls with
barium plaster, which is impervious
20 the light rays.
Two additional operating rooms
VIII also be located on the eighth
floor and VIII be directly connected
with the operating rooms on the
eighth floor of the main building.
The top floor OF the new wing
yyill be given over to nlodernly
equipped cafeteria capable OF seat
ing 125 persons The service IL for
the benefit of the nurses of the
hospital. . ~
40 Nurses Rooms
The first two stories OF the four
story addition to the three-story
nurses home. at I'LL New York
Ave. will be devoted to quarters
for student nurses and will provide
about 40 additional rooms The two
upper stories win be devoted to 40
private rooms for hospital patients
and will be directly connected with
the main building.
On the roof OF the new addition
will be placed a solarium with a
promenade for the use of GONZALES
cent patients. The new building
viii be equipped with the latest
type Of service provisions which in
clude rubber-tiled flooring to mini,
n1fze. noises.
The main building will be remod.
elled to suit new conditions, and
will include an emergency operating
room on the first floor A new
entrance rotunda is to be con.
Etructed in front OF the present
small lobby of the building.
The facades of the additions to
the hospital will be of brick with
limestone bases. similar to the style
of the main building.
Appelton P. Clark is the architect
OF the new project which has been
ably cared for by Karl Corby. chair
man of the building committee of
the hospital board