{"nrhp_refnum":"12000161","name":"Canandaigua Veterans Hospital Historic District","other_names":["Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center","06941.000549"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"400 Fort Hill Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canandaigua","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.90379294200005,"lon":-77.26674296426867,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A campus-style veterans neuropsychiatric hospital historic district at 400 Fort Hill Avenue, about a mile northeast of downtown Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. It opened in 1933 and covers about 123 acres with 35 contributing and 29 noncontributing resources.","why_significant":"The district is a well-preserved example of a Second Generation Veterans Hospital, a neuropsychiatric sub-type built on a large tract with a dominant main building and H-shaped ward buildings around courtyards. It was built in 1931-1932 by the Veterans Bureau Construction Division in Tudor Revival/Jacobethan Revival style, chosen to fit the adjoining Sonnenberg Estate. It later expanded during the 1940s to serve World War II veterans.","narrative":"Set on a landscaped campus about a mile northeast of downtown Canandaigua, this veterans hospital district opened in 1933 as a neuropsychiatric facility and still provides health care to veterans. Its twelve original buildings, designed by the Veterans Bureau Construction Division and dated 1931, include a four-story main building, a kitchen and dining hall, recreation building, and utility structures. H-shaped patient ward buildings are arranged around two courtyards linked by brick corridors; the first group served World War I veterans and a second group from the 1940s served World War II veterans. The brick buildings use Tudor Revival and Jacobethan Revival ornamentation, with the most detail on public-facing buildings, echoing the neighboring Sonnenberg Estate, whose few surviving structures are also included. Mature trees, open lawns and the straight entry drive to the main building remain intact. The district was recognized as a well-preserved example of a Second Generation Veterans Hospital, with a period of significance of 1931 to 1950.","period_of_significance":"1931-1950","architect_builder":"Construction Division of the Veterans Bureau","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Tudor Revival / Jacobethan Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still operating as the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center; some former residential quarters have been repurposed, and a farmhouse is now a school.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.732962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/12000161.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835486","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canandaigua_Veterans_Hospital_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5031117"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/canandaigua-veterans-hospital-historic-district-12000161/"}