Category: Renwick Ruins

  • NY- Roosevelt Island- Renwick Ruins- Island Hospital

    NY- Roosevelt Island- Renwick Ruins- Island Hospital

    What do St. Patrick’s Cathedral and The Island Hospital have in common? They were both designed by the famous 19th Century architect James Renwick Jr. Today you can tour the ruins of this hospital, New York City’s only registered historic ruin, that served as smallpox infirmary, insane asylum, prison ward, and poor house. It is…