Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY
Built as the Fifth Barracks in 1935, this Classical Revival-style building presently serves as the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center Fort Thomas, and was built as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The three-story red brick building was constructed as barracks for infantry meant to expand the capacity of the base, which by the time the building was constructed, was running out of space to expand. The building features an E-shaped footprint with a simple stone cornice at the base of the parapet, banded reveals on the first floor at the center of the principal facade principal facade of the side wings, stone belt coursing and sills, replacement windows, a concrete base, doric porticoes with fluted columns and architraves at the entrances on the principal facade, simple pilasters on the rear facade (facing Fort Thomas Avenue), and relatively restrained ornamentation on the rear facade. The building became home to the Veterans Affairs (VA) Nursing Home after World War II, and today serves as a Veterans Hospital. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY
Built as the Fifth Barracks in 1935, this Classical Revival-style building presently serves as the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center Fort Thomas, and was built as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The three-story red brick building was constructed as barracks for infantry meant to expand the capacity of the base, which by the time the building was constructed, was running out of space to expand. The building features an E-shaped footprint with a simple stone cornice at the base of the parapet, banded reveals on the first floor at the center of the principal facade principal facade of the side wings, stone belt coursing and sills, replacement windows, a concrete base, doric porticoes with fluted columns and architraves at the entrances on the principal facade, simple pilasters on the rear facade (facing Fort Thomas Avenue), and relatively restrained ornamentation on the rear facade. The building became home to the Veterans Affairs (VA) Nursing Home after World War II, and today serves as a Veterans Hospital. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.