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Smallpox Hospital
Ruins · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1856
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.752, -73.959
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
The Smallpox Hospital, sometimes referred to as the Renwick Smallpox Hospital and later the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital located on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City. Originally designed by architect James Renwick Jr., the 100-bed hospital opened in 1856, when the area was known as Blackwell's Island.