{"nrhp_refnum":"01000378","name":"St. Clair Hospital","other_names":["St. Clair Convalescent Hospital","Hotel St. Clair"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"338-344 and 346 St. Clair Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.97176542200003,"lon":-82.98060300999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-and-a-half-story brick Colonial/Georgian Revival building at 338-344 St. Clair Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, built in 1911 as a general hospital, with an adjoining American Foursquare house annex at 346 St. Clair Avenue.","why_significant":"It is described as one of the last surviving early-twentieth-century hospitals in Columbus, with a high-style design that has seen few exterior changes. It is also tied to the African American community of the city's near east side through its later use as the Hotel St. Clair, which served Black travelers turned away from white hotels.","narrative":"This four-and-a-half-story brick building on St. Clair Avenue in Columbus was constructed in 1911 as a general hospital. Its Colonial and Georgian Revival design includes a columned portico, stone and header-brick banding, a porte-cochere and enclosed porches, one of which was used to treat tuberculosis patients. A house next door served as a nurses' residence and training school and connects to the hospital by a basement passage. The hospital operated until 1940 and then became a convalescent home. In the mid-1940s an African American couple converted it into the Hotel St. Clair, which ran until 1976 and served Black travelers, including entertainers and musicians, who were unwelcome at white hotels. It is considered one of the last early-twentieth-century hospitals remaining in Columbus and reflects the history of the near east side's African American community. The building is now vacant, with its windows boarded and its interior worn but largely intact in layout.","period_of_significance":"1911-1950","architect_builder":"Jacob S. Goldsmith","architectural_style":"Colonial/Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; windows and doors on the lower floors are covered with plywood and the interior shows peeling paint, debris and water damage.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.697256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000378.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000378/5353ee7e16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000378/5353ee7e16-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clair_Hospital_in_Columbus.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Clair_Hospital_in_Columbus.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988595","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Clair_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104879538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/st-clair-hospital-01000378/"}