{"nrhp_refnum":"05001499","name":"Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"610-30 S. Louis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.037889335000045,"lon":-118.20963956299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad employees' hospital complex at 610-30 South St. Louis Street in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, facing Hollenbeck Park. It has a hospital building built in phases from 1925 to 1938 and a nurses' dormitory completed in 1931, designed by H.L. Gilman for the Santa Fe Railway.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hospital is significant under Criterion A for its role in the history of industrial medicine and health care in California. Railroads were among the first industries to organize medical care for workers, and the Santa Fe built its own hospital system. This is one of only two Santa Fe hospitals that survive, and one of only a few surviving railroad hospitals in California.","narrative":"Across from Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, this complex served as the Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital for railroad employees. The Santa Fe bought the site in 1901 and opened a first hospital in 1905, designed by Charles Whittlesey. It was later replaced in phases by reinforced concrete buildings designed by H.L. Gilman, a Santa Fe employee. The hospital wings date from 1925 to 1938 and mix Spanish Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne elements, rising from one to six stories. A 1931 nurses' dormitory in Spanish Colonial Revival style stands at the south end of the property. Surgical and clinical wings were added in the 1960s. The property was listed for its place in the history of industrial medicine. Railroads were early organizers of medical care for workers, and this is one of only two surviving hospitals built by the Santa Fe. The period of significance runs from 1925 to 1955. The buildings are now vacant but retain a high level of physical integrity.","period_of_significance":"1925-1955","architect_builder":"Gilman, H.L., architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals - Spanish Colonial Revival (mixed)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; many windows in the north wing are boarded or have broken glass.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.812091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05001499.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001499/5e33d7bffb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001499/5e33d7bffb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Fe_Coast_Lines_Hospital,_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:Santa_Fe_Coast_Lines_Hospital,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859491","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Community_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552042"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/santa-fe-coast-lines-hospital-05001499/"}