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Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Southpoint Park, Roosevelt Island — Strecker Memorial Laboratory · Manhattan, New York City
An exterior stop links the island’s hospital history with the development of laboratory medicine.
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NYFE Summary
This small building supported the island’s charity hospital with laboratory examinations, autopsies and medical research. The first floor held specimen rooms and a mortuary. More detailed experiments took place upstairs, where later alterations added library and museum space.
Rough gray stone contrasts with orange brick around the large arched windows. A low wing projects from the taller main block. These different heights make the former laboratory easy to distinguish from the nearby Smallpox Hospital ruins.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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Check the operator’s current opening, admission and access information before travelling. Historic status does not guarantee public access to every interior.
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