Lyons VA Medical Center

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| Name = Lyons VA Medical Center

| Org/Group = United States Department of Veterans Affairs

| logo = US Department of Veterans Affairs vertical logo.svg

| Image = Main Building, VA Medical Center, Lyons, NJ.jpg

| Caption = Main Building and flagpole

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| Location = 151 Knollcroft Road
Lyons, New Jersey

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| name = Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District

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| locmapin = USA New Jersey Somerset County#USA New Jersey#USA

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Classical Revival

| added = July 3, 2013

| area = {{convert|303|acre}}

| mpsub = [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835614 United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS]

| refnum = 13000461{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=13000461}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = April 29, 2013

| designated_other1_number = 2476{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/SOMERSET.pdf#page=2 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=2 |date=September 29, 2022 }}

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The Lyons VA Medical Center is a United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 151 Knollcroft Road in the Lyons section of Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey.{{cite web |title=Lyons VA Medical Center |url=https://www.va.gov/new-jersey-health-care/locations/lyons-va-medical-center/ |publisher=U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs}} Established in 1930, it is part of the VA New Jersey Health Care System.{{cite web |title=VA New Jersey health care |url=https://www.va.gov/new-jersey-health-care/ |publisher=U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs}} Listed as the Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 2013, for its significance in architecture, health/medicine, and politics/government.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=13000461}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Trent |last1=Spurlock |date=August 2012 }} With accompanying 24 photos.

History

Funding for the medical center was first provided by the World War Veterans Act of 1924. The {{convert|272|acre|adj=on}} estate of Walter

E. Reynolds, known as Knollcroft, was purchased in November 1928. Construction began in June 1929. The first patients were admitted in November 1930. The facility was dedicated on July 25, 1931.

File:Lest We Forget plaque, Lyons VA Medical Center, NJ.jpg|Lest We Forget plague, 1995

File:Ambulatory Care Center, Lyons VA Medical Center, NJ.jpg|Ambulatory Care Center, 2005

Historic district

The Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District is a {{convert|303|acre|adj=on}} historic district encompassing the medical center campus. It was listed as part of the United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals Multiple Property Submission (MPS).{{cite web |last1=Spurlock |first1=Trent |title=United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitais |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/64501132.pdf |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 2011}} The district includes 31 contributing buildings and 3 other contributing properties. The Main Building was completed in 1930 and features Classical Revival architecture, with six Corinthian pilasters, decorated pediment, and domed cupola. The flagpole in front of the building is a contributing object.

File:Acute Building, Lyons VA Medical Center, NJ.jpg|Acute Building, 1929

File:Main Building, VA Medical Center, Lyons, NJ - detail.jpg|Main Building, 1930

File:Recreation Building, Lyons VA Medical Center, NJ.jpg|Recreation Building, 1930