Historien bak huset vi leier i St. John's

Naboleiligheten vår er til salgs, og i den anledning har jeg funnet litt histore om huset vi bor i, samt noen gamle bilder fra før restaureringen. Informasjonen er hentet fra megleren som skal selge denne leiligheten.

The Old General Military Hospital. is a two-and-one-half storey second empire style, 19th century, concrete-parged former hospital building located off Forest Road in St. John’s and is a good surviving example of early 19th century institutional building construction. With concrete parging over early English bricks, the stark nature of this building is broken by the high, narrow windows and a parged, brick cornice. The truncated hipped roof features slate shingles and cornice moulding. Shed roof dormer windows punctuate the roofline.

This property has historical value because it is one the four oldest government buildings in Newfoundland. Built in 1851, the Military Hospital was first used for soldiers of the garrison. It is one of the last buildings still standing which was used by the British Garrison in Newfoundland. The heavy, solid masonry on stone construction was built by the workers who built the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist, and the Colonial Building, all in St. John’s. The garrison was withdrawn from Newfoundland in 1870 and the hospital was given to the Newfoundland Government as a hospital for men only. In the 1870”s it was referred to as the Quidi Vidi Hospital and in the 1880’s the name changed to the General Hospital