National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Brooke Army Medical Center Building 1000, Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Summary

The building that housed the former Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) is the focal point of a complex of buildings constructed during the mid-1930s in the New Post Section of Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation in San Antonio, Texas. Also known as Building 1000, the 418-bed hospital (original capacity) was built to provide modem medical facilities to the then 60-year-old military post. In addition to providing improved and larger facilities, the hospital’s construction also provided much-needed employment to local residents during the Depression. The new hospital was erected at a cost of $1,620,631, and funding was obtained through appropriations from the National Industrial Recovery Act and Public Works Administration (PWA). Banspach Brothers, a local firm, was the contractor for the building’s foundation, and R. E. McKee of El Paso served as the contractor for the building’s construction. In 1937, an additional allotment under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) allowed for landscaping, the addition of concrete curbs, and other final site improvements, and the labor force for this segment of the project consisted of workmen employed directly through the Re-employment Bureau of the WPA.

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Landowner(s): Department of the Army, Fort Sam Houston

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Geo-Marine, Inc.

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Record Identifiers

OMB Number(s): 10024-0018

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