Brooke Army Medical Center
National Register of Historic Places

Brooke Army Medical Center

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Listed
November 30, 2001
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
01001281

About this property

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) is the United States Army's premier medical institution. Located on Fort Sam Houston, BAMC is a 425-bed academic medical center, and is the Department of Defense's largest facility and only Level 1 trauma center. BAMC is also home to the Center for the Intrepid, an outpatient rehabilitation facility. The center is composed of ten separate organizations, including community medical clinics, centered around the Army's largest in-patient hospital. BAMC is staffed by more than 8,000 soldiers, airmen, sailors, civilians, and contractors, providing care to wounded service members and the San Antonio community at large.

Location

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
29.46646, -98.44946

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 01001281. It was listed on November 30, 2001.

Categories

MILITARYHEALTH/MEDICINEARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Fort Sam Houston
Colonial
0.2 mi
Miraflores Park
Industrial
1.1 mi

Nearby Battles

Camp Travis (Fort Sam Houston) — WWI Training Camp
1917Modern
1.3 mi
Woll Raid (Battle of Salado Creek)
1842Early Republic
2.4 mi
Battle of Salado Creek Sep 18 1842
1842Early Republic
3.1 mi
Grass Fight (Texas Revolution)
1835Early Republic
3.1 mi
Siege of the Alamo
1836Early Republic
3.6 mi

Questions about this property

When was Brooke Army Medical Center listed on the National Register?

Brooke Army Medical Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 2001.

What type of historic resource is Brooke Army Medical Center?

Brooke Army Medical Center is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Brooke Army Medical Center?

The period of significance for Brooke Army Medical Center is recorded as the industrial era.

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