Fort Fremont Hospital
National Register Listing
Street Address:
.3 mi. from Land's End Rd., St. Helena Island, SC (Beaufort County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817707050
Description and Narrative:
Fort Fremont Hospital is significant both as an example of early twentieth century military architecture and as the only surviving building, other than the fortification itself, of the Fort Fremont Complex. The Colonial Revival building was built ca. 1906 to replace a temporary frame building which was the original hospital for the garrison. Since the decommissioning of Fort Fremont and its sale at public auction in 1930, the hospital has been privately owned. The hospital is composed of two sections: a square, two-story section with a hipped roof and a one-story rectangular wing. The masonry building rests on a granite foundation. Slate is used for the roofing material. Projecting from the roof of the two-story portion are four hipped dormers, fenestrated with paired windows, and two ventilators. The hospital utilized a unique cooling system. Air intake boxes under the windows connect to a ductwork system and open at floor level inside the rooms, under metal radiators. Large ducts extend throughout the house and vent out through the metal ventilators that project from the roof. The building originally contained offices, an operating room, isolation ward, mess room, kitchen, linen room, dispensary, and dormitory. The basement was divided into a store room, boiler room, vegetable cellar, and medicine store room. The one-story section was used as an eight-bed patient ward. Listed in the National Register May 26, 1989.
Period of Significance:
1906;1906 – 1911
Level of Significance:
National
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine;Military;Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
May 26 1989
