Roosevelt Hospital is a historic building located at 1 Roosevelt Drive in the township of

Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...

Middlesex County, New Jersey Middlesex County is located in central New Jersey, United States, extending inland from the Raritan Valley region to the northern portion of the Jersey Shore. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was enumerated at 863,1 ...

. 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 v ...

on March 5, 2002, for its significance in health and medicine, in particular the treatment of

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...

. With It is currently part of the Roosevelt Care Center at Edison.

History and description

Construction of the hospital was started in 1935 and completed in 1937. The red brick building was designed by architect Aylin Pierson with

Colonial Revival style 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 archi ...

and features an octagonal tower on the roof and white

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details in the interior. It was viewed as "an outstanding example of compact, well organized planning" in Architectural Forum. Roosevelt Park, located next to the hospital, was built as part of the treatment facilities for tuberculosis.

Gallery

File:Roosevelt Hospital, Edison, NJ - tower.jpg, Tower architecture details File:RooseveltParkStonemon1933a.jpg, Roosevelt Park plaque

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* {{NRHP in Middlesex County, New Jersey Edison, New Jersey Hospitals in Middlesex County, New Jersey Colonial Revival architecture in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures completed in 1937 Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey