{"nrhp_refnum":"90001442","name":"Wheeler Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"650 Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gilroy","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.00574507300007,"lon":-121.57704222299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wheeler Hospital is an H-shaped, reinforced concrete Mediterranean Revival hospital building at 650 Fifth Street, Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California. It was designed in 1928 by architect William H. Weeks and built in 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as the work of master architect William H. Weeks. It shows the full maturity of his Mediterranean Revival (Spanish Eclectic) style, with a symmetrical villa plan, a tile-trimmed arched entry and wrought iron and tile detailing. It is described as his finest Spanish Eclectic work in Gilroy and his last chance there to use the style at this scale.","narrative":"Wheeler Hospital, at 650 Fifth Street in Gilroy, California, is an H-shaped reinforced concrete building completed in 1929 to designs by architect William H. Weeks. Its stucco walls, low hipped roofs of terra cotta barrel tile, ceramic tile bands, wrought iron grilles and balconies, and arched tiled entry reflect the Mediterranean Revival, or Spanish Eclectic, style. The two-story center section once held nurses' quarters, while single-story wings housed surgery, an emergency room, a kitchen, maternity rooms and patient rooms. Its 22 patient rooms each had a built-in radio and nurse call button, reportedly unique among hospitals in the state. It was listed for its architecture. Weeks designed about twenty known buildings in Gilroy between 1894 and 1934, and by the late 1920s his command of this style had fully matured. The hospital is presented as the finest example of that work in the city, with symmetrical massing and signature details. The exterior is essentially unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Weeks, William Henry","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Other: Mediterranean Revival (Spanish Eclectic)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The building was vacated in August 1989 except for some center-section offices, and its windows, doors and transoms were covered with plywood. It was recently acquired for conversion to ambulatory senior housing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.325598-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001442.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001442/45ebde1eb9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001442/45ebde1eb9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Gilroy-Wheeler_Hospital-1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Gilroy-Wheeler_Hospital-1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861822","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123230201"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/wheeler-hospital-90001442/"}