Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital

Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
Location 121 N. Fir St., Ventura, California
Coordinates 34°16′56″N 119°17′18″W / 34.28222°N 119.28833°W / 34.28222; -119.28833Coordinates: 34°16′56″N 119°17′18″W / 34.28222°N 119.28833°W / 34.28222; -119.28833
Built 1902
Architect Selwyn Lock Shaw
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 77000361
Added to NRHP November 11, 1977[1]

Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital, also known as Bard Hospital, built in 1902, is an office building in Downtown Ventura, California.[2] Featuring covered terraces and a covered porch with a three-story bell tower at the southeast corner, the facade is considered a quintessential Mission Revival Style building.[3] This building was among the numerous that used this easily recognizable architectural style during the Mission Revival movement that was at its greatest popularity between 1890 and 1915.

Thomas R. Bard and his brother, Dr. Cephas Little Bard, established the hospital as a memorial to their mother.[4] Cephas Bard, who may have been the first American doctor in Ventura County, was the first patient to die in the Bard Hospital [5] The City Council of Ventura designated this building Historic Landmark Number 19 by resolution on March 8, 1976[5] and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1] The Los Angeles Conservancy holds a conservation easement protecting the hospital building’s facade. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital
  3. ↑ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Bard, Elizabeth, Memorial Hospital, Ventura
  4. ↑ (23 July 1905) "Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital" Ventura Democrat
  5. 1 2 City of Ventura. Landmark #19: accessed 18 March 2014 from link on City Map with Historic Landmarks
  6. ↑ Los Angeles Conservancy. "Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital Building". Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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