Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park

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Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nurses' Sunken Garden, April 2011
Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park is located in Indianapolis
Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park
LocationBounded by Michigan St., Rotary Bldg., West Dr., and Union Bldg., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°46′35″N 86°10′56″W / 39.77639°N 86.18222°W / 39.77639; -86.18222Coordinates: 39°46′35″N 86°10′56″W / 39.77639°N 86.18222°W / 39.77639; -86.18222
Arealess than one acre
Built1930 (1930)-1940
ArchitectGallagher, Percival; Olmsted Brothers
NRHP reference No.96001008[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1996

Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park is a historic park and garden located on the campus of IU Health University Hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was designed between 1929 and 1934 by Percival Gallagher, principal landscape architect for the Olmsted Brothers. The Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park were constructed between 1930 and 1940.[2]: 2–3 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Anne Hoover Henderson (May 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.


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