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Hanson House is a historic building in Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the city's affluent Talbiya neighborhood. In the late 19th century it was a hospital for Hansen's disease (leprosy). Later, it served as an outpatient clinic and housed the National Center for Hansen's Disease. The hospital building and 40 acre lot were declared an Israel heritage site. ==History== Hansen House was established in 1887 to care for patients with leprosy, then an incurable disease. The two-story building was designed by Conrad Schick, a German missionary and self-taught architect. It was set in a large, walled compound with four water cisterns, a vegetable garden, fruit trees and livestock.〔(Hansen's hospital - past and present )〕 The hospital had beds for 60 patients. It was run by the Herrenhut brotherhood of the Moravian Church between 1887 and 1950. In 1950, the church sold the compound to the Jewish National Fund. When an effective cure for leprosy was developed, patients were gradually rehabilitated and discharged. The last in-patients left the hospital in 2000.〔(Hansen's hospital - past and present )〕 thumb The compound is now an art exhibition space and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design’s masters program is located there.〔("Becoming" opens at Jerusalem Hansen House )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hansen House (Jerusalem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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