The Renwick Ruin
The Renwick Ruin on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island, also known as the Smallpox Hospital, is located on the southern tip of the island, which was called Blackwell's Island when the structure was built between 1854 and 1856.
The Gothic Revival structure was originally constructed for treatment of the "loathsome malady," smallpox, and for many years it was New York City's only such institution. The hospital was designed by famed architect James Renwick Jr., who was also responsible for St. Patrick's Cathedral and Grace Church.
It is now a picturesque ruin, one that could readily serve as the setting for a 19th-century "Gothic" romance. (Yahoo News/Landmarks Preservation Commission)
Photography by Gordon Donovan
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