Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital

Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Main Infirmary Building shortly after construction
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Location	5000 South 5th Avenue, Hines, Illinois
Coordinates	41°51′40″N 87°50′29″W / 41.86111°N 87.84139°W / 41.86111; -87.84139
Area	45 acres (18 ha)
Architect	Schmidt, Garden and Martin; H. B. Wheelock
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Neoclassical
NRHP reference No.	13000814[1]
Added to NRHP	October 9, 2013

The Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital is a second-generation Veterans Health Administration hospital in Hines, Illinois, United States. It currently encompasses 174 acres (70 ha) on its campus and leases an additional 60 acres (24 ha) to the Loyola University Medical Center.

Construction began in 1918 on land donated by the Edward Hines Lumber Company that was originally Speedway Park, a board track racecourse. The building was originally intended to house casualties from World War I, and Hines wanted the building to serve as a hospital after the war. Hines was successful in lobbying the United States Congress to take over the facility as a veterans hospital in 1920. In 2013, 45 acres (18 ha) of the campus, including the Old Airmail and Postal Service Buildings from the Maywood Air Mail Field, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.