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The Bay Pines Veterans Administration Home and Hospital Historic District is a
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historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. in
Bay Pines, Florida Bay Pines is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,931 at the 2010 census. The community is home to Bay Pines Veterans Hospital and Bay Pines National Cemetery. Historic district The Bay ...
. The district contains prehistoric aboriginal sites and fourteen Mediterranean Revival style hospital buildings constructed from the 1930s. The district is home to the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a general medical and surgical
hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
with 396 beds. It is accredited by the
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(CARF). The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on June 27, 2012.


History

In January 1929 a bill was passed allowing for the construction of a veterans hospital in the southeastern US. Bay Pines was chosen, and in 1933 the first of the buildings was completed. In 1934 the VA regional office was moved to Bay Pines. The VA office eventually left but returned in 1998. Buildings have been added ever since leading to the hospital complex that exists today.


Building 11

Building 54, now part of Building 11, was originally a train depot built by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...
in 1933.. It closed in 1967 and it, along with Building 11A, was later combined and integrated with Building 11, which is now used as the VA police station.


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* {{authority control Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Hospital buildings completed in 1933 Hospitals in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Pinellas County, Florida Former Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations Veterans Affairs medical facilities 1933 establishments in Florida