Batavia Veterans Administration Hospital
Also known as: Batavia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Why it's listed
Batavia's veterans hospital campus sits at 222 Richmond Avenue, about a mile northwest of downtown. Dedicated in 1934, it was built as a general medical and surgical hospital, and it still serves veterans. Land holdings once exceeded 90 acres and are now about 45. Fourteen original buildings were designed by the Veterans Administration's Construction Service and arranged in three clusters: a central core, residential quarters, and maintenance and utility buildings. The monumental main building and the recreation building show elaborate Classical Revival detail. The dining hall, nurses' quarters, manager's house and officers' duplexes are in a plainer Colonial Revival style. Brick corridors link the core buildings, and a horseshoe entrance drive, brick gateposts, open lawns and mature trees define the setting. Twenty of the thirty-one resources contribute to the district's 1932-1950 period of significance. The property was listed as a fine surviving example of a Period II veterans hospital, a type documented in a national multiple property study.
Significance in brief: The district is nominated as an excellent example of a Period II (late 1920s to 1950) general medical and surgical hospital, one of the Second Generation Veterans Hospitals. It keeps the characteristic campus plan, with a monumental main building, functional clusters of buildings, open lawns and a formal entrance drive. Its Colonial Revival and Classical Revival brick buildings form a cohesive group.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 12000160, listed March 27, 2012. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 222 Richmond Ave., Batavia |
|---|---|
| County | Genesee County |
| Listed | March 27, 2012 |
| Reference number | 12000160 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1932-1950 |
| Architect / builder | Designed by the Construction Service of the Veterans Administration |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Colonial Revival / Classical Revival |
| Areas of significance | Politics/Government, Health/Medicine, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still operating as a veterans health care facility; later buildings were added after 1950, and the water tower, boiler house chimney stack and one garage have been removed. |
| Acreage | 45 |
| Coordinates | 43.01316, -78.19739 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 12000160.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q4868680
- This listing as JSON
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