St. Elizabeths Hospital, Fan House, 676-698 Redwood Drive, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

For an overview of the Systems and Infrastructure Buildings, see HABS DC-349-CD
Significance: The Fan House (Building 71) is significant as a context structure that contributes to the broader historic character of the St. Elizabeths West Campus. The individual significance of the Fan House is as a support structure that served as a ventilation building, providing exhaust and supply air for the extensive network of underground tunnels connecting multiple buildings. Although of limited architectural significance, the utilitarian structure incorporates Renaissance Revival details and is consistent in architectural character with other campus buildings of the same period.
Survey number: HABS DC-349-BQ
Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003101