Country United States Motto(s) First and Finest Phone +1 757-953-5008 Founded 1827 Architect John Haviland | Type Hospital Area 8 ha Branch United States Navy Added to NRHP 13 April 1972 | |
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Part of Navy Medicine East, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation Address 620 John Paul Jones Cir, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA Similar Joint Expeditionary Base–Littl, Naval Station Norfolk, Joint Expeditionary Base Fort, McDonald Army Health C, Bon Secours DePaul M Profiles | ||
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The Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), formerly Naval Hospital Portsmouth, is a United States Navy medical center in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. It is the oldest continuously running hospital in the Navy medical system.
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History
The historic Portsmouth Naval Hospital building was designed by noted architect John Haviland (1792–1852) and built in 1827. It is a three-story granite and Freestone building on a 12-foot (3.7 m) basement. Its form is that of a hollow square, measuring 172 feet (52 m) wide by 192 feet (59 m) deep. The front facade features a 92 feet (28 m) wide Doric order portico with 10 columns. The building's interior was reconstructed in 1907, and a shallow dome was added to the roof. Located on the property are a contributing marker erected by Haviland over the grave of Major Saunders, one time commander of Forts Nelson and Norfolk, who died March 15, 1810; and a memorial cannon commemorating Fort Nelson.
Stefanie DeLeo, American author and playwright, was born at the Medical Center in 1982.