Wesley Hospital - Oklahoma City, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Wesley Hospital is located at 300 N.W. 12th street, in the downtown area of Oklahoma City. The hospital was founded by Dr. Foster K. Camp in 1910, with the first block of this hospital building constructed in 1911. Over the next forty years, four additions were added, three wings and an entrance block. The building now has a W-shaped footprint. The building has cast stone trim, with belt courses and cornices giving a formal look. Stone medallions with medical emblems can be seen on the upper walls. The oldest extant portion of the building dates to 1927.

The building description as written in the National Register nomination application reads: The primary (north) facade of Wesley Hospital presents a complex series of planes that reveal its multiple construction periods. The main block has an east-west element that forms a recessed spine at the rear of the massing and a short block that projects north (forward) from this spine. Constructed in 1927, this is the oldest extant piece of the building. The west wing date to 1931. The parallel east wing mirrors the form and mass of the 1931 block. It was built in 1947 and replaced the original 1911 and 1914 hospital buildings. All three building components present as three stories tall plus a basement that is partially raised at the rear of the building. The one-and-one-half story 1953 block that houses the main entrance wraps around the front and sides of the north-projecting 1927 block. A short one-story element of unknown date fills the gap between the 1953 block and the 1947 block.

A Civil Defense Fallout Shelter was located in the basement of the hospital during the Cold War days. The building is currently occupied as Wesley Village Retirement. This is a seniors apartment complex.

This building was placed on the Register on 9/9/2013.

Street address: 300 N.W. 12th Street Oklahoma City, OK US 73103 County / Borough / Parish: Oklahoma County Year listed: 2013 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Health/Medicine Periods of significance: 1925-1949; 1950-1974 Historic function: Hospital Current function: Residential Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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