{"nrhp_refnum":"02000437","name":"Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, (former)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"230 Hawthorne Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elkin","county":"Surry County","state":"NC","lat":36.25475486100004,"lon":-80.84562878499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former Methodist-sponsored hospital and its accompanying Nurses' Home, two Colonial Revival brick buildings on a nearly four-acre wooded site at 230 Hawthorne Road in northeast Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina. The hospital was built in 1930-31 and the Nurses' Home in 1932.","why_significant":"The hospital was the only hospital facility in the Elkin area and served surrounding counties and Methodists across the Western North Carolina Conference, giving it local significance in Health/Medicine. It is also the oldest surviving Colonial Revival non-domestic building in Elkin, designed by Winston-Salem architect Harold Macklin. The period of significance ends in 1952 with the last major addition.","narrative":"Two Colonial Revival brick buildings on a wooded ridge in northeast Elkin make up the former Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital and its Nurses' Home. The hospital opened in 1931 to a design by Winston-Salem architect Harold Macklin, with Flemish-bond brickwork, a slate hipped roof, an octagonal cupola and a classical central entrance. The Nurses' Home followed in 1932, housing nurses and the chief surgeon's family. Sponsored by the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church and funded by the Duke Foundation and local citizens, the hospital was the only one in the Elkin area and drew patients from surrounding counties. Additions came in 1937, 1947 and 1952, and the Methodist conference gave up ownership in 1967. A new hospital opened in 1973, and the old building became a nursing center until the late 1990s. Listing recognizes its role in local health care and its rare Colonial Revival design for a non-domestic building in Elkin.","period_of_significance":"1931-1952","architect_builder":"Harold Macklin, architect (original building); John M. Franklin, architect (1937 addition); Frank L. Blum, contractor (1937 addition)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a nursing care center from 1973 until the late 1990s; since then it has stood vacant, apart from a time when part of the basement level was used. Both buildings are in good condition overall, though the rear ell has recent 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 02:57:54.385835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7223/47722332/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/02000437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000437/687b8987db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000437/687b8987db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"G Keith Hall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Chatham_Memorial_Hospital_(former).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">G Keith Hall</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Chatham_Memorial_Hospital_(former).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Chatham_Memorial_Hospital_(historic_building)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/surry-county/hugh-chatham-memorial-hospital-former-02000437/"}