The Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which is part of the Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District, was built in 1929, and is located near

Coatesville, Pennsylvania Coatesville is a city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,350 at the 2020 census. Coatesville is approximately 39 miles west of Philadelphia. It developed along the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike beginning ...

. Listed on 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 ...

in 2013, this historic district includes thirty-seven contributing buildings, four contributing structures, one

contributing object In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

, and two

contributing sites In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

History and architectural features

Built by the Veterans Bureau Construction Division and Veterans Administration Construction Service, structures in this historic district have been classified as examples of the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

and

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

periods. "The original mission of the hospital was to provide neuropsychiatric care to veterans, and the historic district preserves the general characteristics" of the period. With 23 photos from 2010. It conformed with a 2011 study of veterans hospitals nationwide.

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{{authority control Hospitals in Pennsylvania United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs medical facilities National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures completed in 1929