Strecker Memorial Laboratory

Significant dates
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NYC Landmark


Location	Roosevelt Island, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°45′8″N 73°57′29″W / 40.75222°N 73.95806°W / 40.75222; -73.95806Coordinates: 40°45′8″N 73°57′29″W / 40.75222°N 73.95806°W / 40.75222; -73.95806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892
Architect	Withers & Dickson
NRHP Reference #	72000886^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated NYCLPC	March 23, 1976^[2]

Strecker Memorial Laboratory is a historic building located in Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

Built in 1892 to serve as a laboratory for City Hospital, it was "the first institution in the nation for pathological and bacteriological research."^[3] The building was designed by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Walter Dickson in the Romanesque Revival style.^[3]^[4] In 1907, the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology took over the running of the lab.^[3] The institute left the lab in the 1950s, and it fell into disrepair.^[3]

After renovations in 2010

In 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places,^[5] and in 1976 it was designated a New York City landmark.^[2] New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to use the structure to house a power conversion substation there to power trains that run underneath Roosevelt Island.^[4] The city faithfully restored the building, and the substation has been active since 2000.^[4]

References

↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "Strecker Laboratory" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
1 2 3 4 Neil Tandon. "Strecker Memorial Laboratory". Roosevelt Island Historical Society. New York Correction History Society. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
1 2 3 Judith Berdy (2005-05-23). "Preserving Social History on Roosevelt Island". Gotham Gazette. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
↑ "New York - New York County". National Register of Historic Places. United States National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

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