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Williams Hospital (also known as 551st United States Air Force Hospital, Otis Hospital, or locally as Building 322 [1]) was a United States Armed Forces hospital located within the former Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. [2] The hospital is believed to have closed along with the closure of the base itself [3] between 1970-1973.
The historic Portsmouth Naval Hospital building was designed by architect John Haviland (1792–1852) and built in 1827. It is a three-story granite and Freestone building on a 12-foot (3.7 m) basement. Its form is that of a hollow rectangle, measuring 172 feet (52 m) wide by 192 feet (59 m) deep.
Naval Hospital Boston Historic District is a historic district at the south end of Broadway in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The district encompasses the area around the former Chelsea Naval Hospital . It consists of five buildings, historically the original 1836 Naval hospital, the 1857 Marine hospital, the Commanding Officer's quarters, and two ...
The Suffolk County Army Air Field was built in 1943 as a United States Army Air Forces sub-base of Mitchel Field. Later assigned to First Air Force , the 437th Army Air Force Base Unit defended the New York City area and flew antisubmarine patrols.
The original building was built of Vermont granite. The hospital was a three-story building with a 100-bed capacity. A wing was added on the west side of the building in 1865. [1] Chelsea Naval Hospital was one of the first three hospitals authorized by Congress to accommodate naval personnel.
Hospital in Massachusetts, United States Boston Sanatorium Boston Consumptives Department Geography Location Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Coordinates 42°16′22″N 71°4′54″W / 42.27278°N 71.08167°W / 42.27278; -71.08167 Organization Funding Government hospital Type Specialist Services Speciality Tuberculosis History Former name(s) Boston Consumptives ...
Known as Suffolk County Air Force Base until 1969, then Suffolk County Airport until 1991, when it was renamed in honor of Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, USAF (Retired), a U.S. Army Air Forces flying ace in World War II who, as a U.S. Air Force officer, was later the commander of the 52nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Suffolk County Air Force Base ...
Brockton was proposed as a site for a VA facility as early as the late 1930s, but it was not until 1949 that funding was appropriated for this facility, as part of a post-World War II expansion of services for military veterans. Ground was broken in 1950, and the hospital opened in 1953 on land purchased by the city and given to the federal ...