{"nrhp_refnum":"04000085","name":"Haskell, Edward H., Home for Nurses","other_names":["New England Baptist Hospital Training School for Nurses"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"220 Fisther Ave., 63 Parker Hill Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.33046936000005,"lon":-71.10941220899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Colonial Revival/Jacobethan nurses' school and dormitory complex at 220 Fisher Avenue/63 Parker Hill Avenue on Parker Hill in Roxbury, Boston. The original building dates to 1922, with additions in 1931 and 1940 that enclose a courtyard.","why_significant":"The complex served as the training school and residence for the New England Baptist Hospital's nurses and became a major institutional presence among the medical facilities on Parker Hill. It was designed by Edward Sears Read, with later additions by hospital specialists Kendall, Taylor and Company. The additions were built so consistently with the original that the complex reads as a single, well-preserved composition.","narrative":"Near the summit of Parker Hill in Roxbury, this red brick complex was built as the nurses' school and dormitory of New England Baptist Hospital. The original 1922 building, designed by Edward Sears Read, held small dormitory rooms and classrooms. It was named for hospital trustee Edward H. Haskell, president of the Great Northern Paper Company, who substantially funded it. Additions in 1931 and 1940 by Kendall, Taylor and Company, a firm that specialized in hospitals, enclosed a landscaped courtyard and brought the complex to about 60,000 square feet. The additions repeat the original's slate roofs, six-over-six wooden windows, brick detailing and dormers, so the whole reads as one design. The steep site means the building rises from about one and a half stories on the street side to three and a half stories at the rear. Its importance lies in its role in the hospital's long-running nursing school and in its architectural continuity. A certified rehabilitation was finished in 2002.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward Sears Read (1922 original); Kendall, Taylor and Company (1931 and 1940 additions); builders Mozzicato and DiPietro Bros. Inc. of Medford (1931) and McCutcheon Co. of Boston (1940)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival/Jacobethan Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"A certified rehabilitation was completed in 2002, which altered the interior and added features such as a greenhouse dining room and elevator towers. The building is described as remarkably well preserved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:03.547683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/7968/63796895/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/04000085.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000085/6cabd2b7cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000085/6cabd2b7cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tim Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_H_Haskell_Home_for_Nurses.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pierce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_H_Haskell_Home_for_Nurses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796895","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_H._Haskell_Home_for_Nurses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5343232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/haskell-edward-h-home-for-nurses-04000085/"}