{"nrhp_refnum":"90000683","name":"Cable, Benjamin Stickney, Memorial Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of SR 1A and SR 133","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ipswich","county":"Essex County","state":"MA","lat":42.666517947000045,"lon":-70.83692578099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Colonial Revival brick hospital at the intersection of Routes 1A and 133 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, completed in 1917 and designed by architect Edward F. Stevens, with a 1961 addition and surrounding grounds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hospital is an unusual, well-executed example of early twentieth-century Colonial Revival architecture, chosen to suit Ipswich's old New England character. It is also important as the work of two master designers, architect Edward F. Stevens and landscape architect Arthur A. Shurtleff. It was the town's first hospital, funded by Richard Crane as a memorial to Benjamin Cable.","narrative":"Benjamin Stickney Cable Memorial Hospital sits on a low hill at the intersection of Routes 1A and 133 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Completed in 1917, it is an H-shaped, 2 1/2-story brick building with a slate roof, parapeted gables, gabled dormers and a columned entrance portico. Edward F. Stevens, a specialist in hospital design, chose the Colonial Revival style to fit Ipswich's many early buildings. The grounds were designed by landscape architect Arthur A. Shurtleff. Richard Crane funded the town's first hospital as a memorial to Benjamin Cable. Features reflecting early therapeutic ideas about fresh air and sunlight include an airing balcony, a south sun porch and a patients' terrace. Inside, Memorial Hall, the central corridor and the day room retain fine woodwork, and the operating room keeps its large window and Grueby tiles. A three-story addition of 1961 raised capacity from 20 to 41 beds and altered the east side. The hospital operated until 1980 and closed in 1987.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward F. Stevens (architect); Arthur A. Shurtleff (later Shurcliff), landscape architect; 1961 addition by James H. Ritchie & Associates, Boston","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Hospital in active service 1917-1980 and closed in 1987; current function listed as vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:05.095857-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7949/63794992/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/90000683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000683/c023b6350a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000683/c023b6350a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Stickney_Cable_Memorial_Hospital,_Ipswich_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:Benjamin_Stickney_Cable_Memorial_Hospital,_Ipswich_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794992","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Stickney_Cable_Memorial_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889257"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/essex-county/cable-benjamin-stickney-memorial-hospital-90000683/"}