Sutter Memorial Hospital Nursing Tower

Since it opened in 1937 at F and 51st street, more than 325,000 children have been born in the city’s “baby hospital,” which stands as an imposing presence in a neighborhood of tree-lined streets and quaint homes. Leonard Starks was not the architect of the original hospital building, he worked for Sutter Memorial Hospital in the preceding years including designing the multi-story Nursing Tower in 1958, the Child Guidance Center in 1964, the Radiation Therapy Center in 1974, as well as various other interior and exterior remodels.

The tower was razed in 2014.