Bellevue Hospital

A close-up view of the Bellevue entrance gate. Information below from Registration Record: View of the Bellevue Hospital Gatehouse, erected in 1885 on the north side of 26th Street midway between First Avenue and the East River and the East River, demolished in 1929. This is a later photograph of the Gatehouse because the gas lanterns on either side have been removed. This is not an original photograph.

An exterior view of the hospital from the East River, c. 1880's.

A view of the hospital from the East River. A construction project is in progress. This is not an original photograph.

A view (at an angle) of the hospital from the East River. Either the A&B or the L&M building. Information below from Registration Record: Probably the A&B buildings, but depending on the angle the photograph was taken from it could be the L&M building.

A close-up view of the steps of the Administration Building, with a horse-drawn ambulance next to the steps. Prints made from glass negatives. Negatives owned by Dr. Arthur Zitrin.

An exterior view of Bellevue Hospital Administration Building and some of the grounds. Also in view are a couple of horse-drawn carriages and some men on foot. The railing at the top of the two staircases in the photograph was a section of the original railing in place at Federal Hall in Manhattan in 1789 when George Washington took the oath of office as President.

Bellevue Hospital building located at 30th and First Avenue, ca. 1930.

A view of the hospital from a pier in the East River. The Chrysler Building is visible on the right, and the Empire State building is also visible, though quite faint.

Exterior view of the administration building.

This view shows the hospital in a construction phase, with the East River in the background. Through the steel structure can be seen the old morgue and the 26th Street pier. Mills Training School for Male Nurses in the dark building to the right and blocking part of A & B and next to it is a portion of the old O.D.P. Lower right building is the Psychiatric Pavilion.