{"nrhp_refnum":"98001240","name":"Baker Sanatorium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of 14th and Chestnut Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumberton","county":"Robeson County","state":"NC","lat":34.626918715000045,"lon":-79.00810434799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-10-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story, T-shaped brick hospital building in the Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style at the northeast corner of 14th and Chestnut streets in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, built in 1920-1921.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the sanatorium marks the move of medical care from the crowded downtown to a residential neighborhood in the early 1920s. It was founded to provide obstetrical, gynecological, pediatric and surgical services in a region lacking them, and sought to replace untrained midwives with modern care. It is also an example of Mission style architecture by Roger C. McCarl.","narrative":"Baker Sanatorium is a T-shaped, three-and-a-half-story brick hospital at 14th and Chestnut streets in Lumberton, North Carolina. Built in 1920-1921 for Dr. Horace M. Baker, it was designed by Wilmington architect Roger C. McCarl in the Mission style, with tapestry brick, curvilinear gables, red-tinted mortar, and terra-cotta tile roofs. Inside, it held offices, a pharmacy, patient rooms, a nursery, wards, and operating rooms on the third floor. Porches were enclosed in 1945, but the building keeps much of its early 1920s character. Its location in a residential district reflected a shift of medical services away from the congested downtown. The sanatorium offered obstetrical, gynecological, pediatric, and surgical care in a region where such services were hard to find, and Dr. Baker aimed to replace the reliance on poorly trained midwives. The hospital expanded its reach across the county and neighboring areas and continued operating into the 1990s. It is recognized for its role in medicine and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1920-1945","architect_builder":"McCarl, Roger C., architect; Burney Brothers, contractors","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as work in progress for multiple dwelling; the hospital continued in its role into the 1990s. The building is little altered apart from later systems upgrades and enclosed porches.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.783112-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7219/47721976/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/98001240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001240/a353f535ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001240/a353f535ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Sanatorium_(Lumberton_NC)_from_SW_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_Sanatorium_(Lumberton_NC)_from_SW_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Sanatorium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19872984"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/robeson-county/baker-sanatorium-98001240/"}