The East Orange VA Medical Center is a
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...
hospital complex located at 385 Tremont Avenue in
East Orange
East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 69,612. The city was the state's 20th most-populous municipality in 2010, after having been the state's 14th most-po ...
of
Essex County, New Jersey. Established in 1952, it is part of the VA New Jersey Health Care System. Listed as the East Orange VA Hospital, it 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 ...
on September 4, 2018, for its significance in health/medicine.
[ With accompanying 9 photos.]
History
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, the Veterans Administration built new medical facilities near urban areas. In 1946, the VA selected this site, part of the estate of
Louis Bamberger
Louis Bamberger (15 May 1855 – 11 March 1944) was the leading citizen of Newark, New Jersey, from the early 1900s until his death in 1944. He and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld co-founded the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Ne ...
, who had built his wealth as owner of
Bamberger's department store in
Newark. Construction started in 1949, and the hospital opened in 1952.
Historic district
The East Orange VA Hospital is a
historic district encompassing the medical center campus. It was listed as part of the United States Third Generation Veterans Hospitals, 1946–1958,
Multiple Property Submission
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 ...
(MPS).
The district includes 9
contributing buildings. The buildings are clad in brick and feature elements of
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
.
See also
*
*
List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities by state
List by State
Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
C
California
Colorado
Connecticut
D
Delaware
District of Columbia
F
Florida
A seventh VA Medical Center for Florida has been confirmed for construction in Orl ...
*
Lyons VA Medical Center – first VA hospital in New Jersey
References
External links
*
*
{{authority control
East Orange, New Jersey
Veterans Affairs medical facilities
1952 establishments in New Jersey
Hospital buildings completed in 1952
Buildings and structures in Essex County, New Jersey
Art Deco architecture in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New Jersey
Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places