Northport Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District

Northport's Veterans Administration Hospital occupies a hilltop campus on Middleville Road in Suffolk County, New York. Opened in 1928 as a neuropsychiatric hospital for veterans, mostly of World War I, it was designed by the Construction Division of the United States Veterans Bureau. The historic district covers about 107 acres and forty-four resources, of which twenty-nine contribute to its character. A monumental main infirmary building from 1927 anchors the campus, with an administration building and recreation building nearby. Ward buildings shaped like the letter H, linked by enclosed brick corridors, surround two courtyards, one of which was disrupted by a 1972 medical and surgical hospital. Staff residences and quarters sit apart, along a curving drive. Buildings display Colonial Revival and Classical Revival detailing, with the most ornament on the most public buildings. The district represents a standard type of veterans hospital built between 1926 and 1950, and the campus is still used for veterans' health care.