324-340 W 30th St
1928-29, Crow, Lewis & Wick

This 12-story, Classical Revival structure was built by the French Benevolent society, an organization founded in 1809 to provide healthcare services to people of French descent. It was the fourth location of their non-sectarian hospital, and doubled their existing capacity. The hospital performed outpatient work and provided children's and maternity services, and also included a training school for nurses. The facade's central section is set back from the street with two corner pavilions, all set on a two-story stone base. The entrance pavilion is ornamented with fluted Corinthian pilasters, carved terra cotta segmental pediments, and a balustrade above the second-floor windows. Two other entrances are on the corner pavilions, framed by recessed arches and carved terra cotta imagery. The design was by the firm of Crow, Lewis & Wick, established in the early 1900s by Luther H. Lewis, William D. Crow and Hermon Wickenhoefer. They specialized in institutional architecture, most notably hospitals, such as the former Children's Court in Gramercy Park.