{"nrhp_refnum":"88001465","name":"Long, Crawford W., Memorial Hospital","other_names":["Davis--Fischer Sanatorium"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"35 Linden Ave., NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.76945617800004,"lon":-84.38576999699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two connected Georgian Revival hospital buildings at 35 Linden Avenue NE in Atlanta, Georgia: the original 1911 building (A) and a 1921 annex and nurses' home (B), joined by a 1938 connector. Both were designed by architect Eugene C. Wachendorff and first operated as the Davis-Fischer Sanatorium.","why_significant":"The nomination argues architectural significance because both buildings reflect early 20th-century functional hospital design, with Georgian Revival detailing, porches and roof gardens for fresh air, and fireproof reinforced concrete construction. It argues medical significance because the hospital is the second oldest surviving medical building in Atlanta and the oldest privately built one. It was also a local innovator, with the city's first blood bank and first surgical recovery room, and it has stayed at the same site for over seventy-five years.","narrative":"Two linked brick hospital buildings on Linden Avenue in Atlanta make up the original core of what is now Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital. Building A opened in 1911 as the Davis-Fischer Sanatorium, founded by surgeons Edward C. Davis and Luther C. Fischer. Building B, a six-story annex and nurses' home, followed in 1921, and a connector was added in 1938. Atlanta architect Eugene C. Wachendorff designed both buildings in the Georgian Revival style, with red brick, classical porches, cornices and keystones. The founders insisted on fireproof reinforced concrete construction after hearing of hospital fires elsewhere, and broad porches and roof gardens gave patients fresh air. The hospital was renamed for Dr. Crawford W. Long in 1931 and joined Emory University in 1940. It was noted for the city's first blood bank, its first surgical recovery room, and early baby footprint identification. The buildings remain in hospital use, though interiors have been modernized and roof gardens removed.","period_of_significance":"1911-1938","architect_builder":"Wachendorff, Eugene C.","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a hospital, with interiors modernized several times and later infill additions attached.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.446835-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/88001465.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001465/c6dc285450-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001465/c6dc285450-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ganeshk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crawford_W_Long_Memorial_Hospital_2013_09_28_7682.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ganeshk</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:Crawford_W_Long_Memorial_Hospital_2013_09_28_7682.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208254","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_University_Hospital_Midtown","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373729"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/long-crawford-w-memorial-hospital-88001465/"}