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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
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U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA (1827), John Haviland, architect.
Founded 1827
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
Type Hospital
Part of Navy Medicine East, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Motto(s) First and Finest
Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation
Website http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcp/SitePages/home.aspx
Commanders
Commanding Officer Captain Christopher Culp
Executive Officer Captain Matthew Case
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is located in Virginia
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is located in the US
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Location On Hospital Point at Washington and Crawford Sts., Portsmouth, Virginia
Coordinates 36°50′51″N 76°18′17″W / 36.84750°N 76.30472°W / 36.84750; -76.30472Coordinates: 36°50′51″N 76°18′17″W / 36.84750°N 76.30472°W / 36.84750; -76.30472
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1832 (1832)
Architect Haviland, John; Wood, Don & Deming
NRHP Reference # 72001516
VLR # 124-0036
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 13, 1972
Designated VLR November 16, 1971

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.

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.


Hospital visible in the background (right) in an 1843 engraving of Portsmouth

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2012

High-rise building in 2016

Dr. Harvey Karp, assistant professor of pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of The Happiest Baby on the Block, discussed parenting methods during a presentation at Naval Medical Center

Cataract surgery is just one of the services offered at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth


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