{"nrhp_refnum":"08001415","name":"Mary Elizabeth Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 Wake Forest Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.79566727800005,"lon":-78.62991402699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick private hospital building at the corner of Wake Forest Road and Glascock Street in Raleigh, North Carolina, designed by Dr. Harold Glascock and built in 1920 in a modified H-type plan with Colonial Revival and Craftsman features.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hospital is significant at the local level for health and medicine as a privately owned early twentieth-century hospital offering modern equipment, techniques and facilities for general medical care, including gynecology and obstetrics, for white Raleigh residents. It is presented as an example of privately built hospitals founded by local physicians in North Carolina during the 1920s.","narrative":"Built in 1920 on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, this two-story brick hospital follows a modified H-type plan, a layout widely used in early twentieth-century hospitals. Dr. Harold Glascock designed it, and Colonial Revival detailing is combined with Craftsman touches such as exposed rafter tails, wide eaves and a hipped roof. The building was founded by Glascock and fellow physicians, who operated it privately to provide general medical care, including gynecology and obstetrics, to white patients in Raleigh. Its design reflected the era's push for modern equipment, laboratories and operating rooms. The hospital is regarded as an important local example of privately owned hospitals that filled a gap in North Carolina's medical care before and during the 1920s. Its main block remains largely unaltered despite additions made in 1960 and 1985-86.","period_of_significance":"1920-1958","architect_builder":"Glascock, Dr. Harold (designer); Eldrige, Charley and Kennison, Dick (builders)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Converted from a hospital to an office complex; the original hospital building remains intact and recognizable, with additions from 1960 and 1985-86.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.169687-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7226/47722661/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08001415.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97001668","name":"Mordecai Place Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/mordecai-place-historic-district-97001668/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722661","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18706232"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/mary-elizabeth-hospital-08001415/"}