Lucas County Hospital and Nurse's Home
Also known as: Maumee Valley Hospital and Nurse's Home; Area Office on Aging
Why it's listed
Two institutional buildings on Arlington Avenue in Toledo, a five-story hospital and a three-story nurse's home, were completed in 1931 for Lucas County. Toledo architects Stophlet & Stophlet designed both in a Georgian Revival manner, using brick walls, limestone ground floors, pilasters, and cornices, with Tudor Revival interiors. The hospital is 384 feet long and keeps its two-story operating theater. The nurse's home contains richly paneled rooms, including the cherry-lined Windsor Drawing Room with an Elizabethan-style fireplace. The buildings stand on land used as the county poor farm and infirmary since the mid-nineteenth century. Most other buildings on the campus were demolished, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, leaving these two as the survivors of that history. The hospital closed in 1980 and now sits vacant and damaged, with reuse as senior housing proposed. The nurse's home was renovated and has housed the Area Office on Aging since 1984.
Significance in brief: The buildings are the surviving physical record of a site used continuously for public welfare since the mid-nineteenth century, after nearly all other historic buildings on the campus were demolished. The nomination also describes them as the only known interrelated public hospital and nurse's home pair nominated in the country's hospital-related listings. They are good examples of Georgian Revival design with Tudor Revival interiors by a small Toledo firm known for institutional work.
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 97001224, listed October 17, 1997. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 2101 and 2155 Arlington Ave., Toledo |
|---|---|
| County | Lucas County |
| Listed | October 17, 1997 |
| Reference number | 97001224 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Stophlet & Stophlet (Toledo) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival (Georgian Revival); Tudor Revival interiors |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The hospital closed in 1980 and is vacant, with vandalism and water damage; the county has installed a new roof and boarded openings. The Nurse's Home was renovated in 1981-84 and is in use as offices of the Area Office on Aging. |
| Acreage | 4 |
| Coordinates | 41.62250, -83.59563 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 97001224.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138548608
- This listing as JSON
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