List of sanatoria in the United States explained

The following is a list of notable sanatoria (singular: sanatorium) in the United States. Sanatoria were medical facilities that specialized in treatment for long-term illnesses. Many sanatoria in the United States specialized in treatment of tuberculosis in the twentieth century prior to the discovery of antibiotics.

List

NameLocationNotes
1853Batavia InstituteBatavia, Illinoisstyle=text-align:center[1]
1866Battle Creek SanitariumBattle Creek, Michiganstyle=text-align:Center[2]
1881Brooklyn Home for ConsumptivesBrooklyn, New York[3]
1881Rockhaven SanitariumCrescenta Valley, California[4]
1884Montefiore Home for Chronic InvalidsManhattan, New Yorkstyle=text-align:center[5]
1885Adirondack Cottage SanitariumSaranac Lake, New Yorkstyle=text-align:center[6]
1887Sierra Madre VillaPasadena, Californiastyle=text-align:center[7]
before 1894Camp HardingColorado Springs[8]
1896River Crest SanitariumAstoria, New York[9]
1899National Jewish HealthDenver, Coloradostyle=text-align:center[10]
1900Bromley SanitariumSonora, Californiastyle=text-align:Center[11]
1902Barlow Respiratory HospitalLos Angeles, Californiastyle=text-align:center
1903Pottenger SanatoriumMonrovia, Californiastyle=text-align:Center[12]
1904Temple SanitariumTemple, Texasstyle=text-align:center
1904Las Encinas Sanitarium Pasadena, Californiastyle=text-align:center[13]
1904Paradise Valley Hospital CaliforniaNational City, Californiastyle=text-align:center
1905Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, Coloradostyle=text-align:center
1905Portland Open-Air Sanatorium Milwaukie Heights, Oregonstyle=text-align:center[14]
1905Oregon State Tuberculosis HospitalSalem, Oregonstyle=text-align:center
1907Boston Consumptives HospitalBoston, Massachusettsstyle=text-align:center
1907Missouri State SanatoriumMount Vernon, Missouristyle=text-align:center[15]
1907Maryland Tuberculosis SanitoriumSabillasville, Marylandstyle=text-align:center
1907Edward SanitoriumNaperville, Illinoisstyle=text-align:center
1907Minnesota State Sanatorium for ConsumptivesWalker, Minnesotastyle=text-align:center
1907Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Wales, Wisconsin[16]
1907Vermont Sanatorium Pittsford, Vermont[17]
1909Arkansas Tuberculosis SanatoriumBooneville, Arkansasstyle=text-align:center
1909Catawba Sanatorium Roanoke, Virginia[18]
1909La Vina Sanitarium Altadena, Californiastyle=text-align:center[19]
1909San Haven Sanatorium Dunseith, North Dakota[20]
1910Undercliff State HospitalMeriden, Connecticutstyle=text-align:center
1910Waverly Hills SanatoriumJefferson County, Kentuckystyle=text-align:center[21]
1910Pine Camp Tuberculosis HospitalRichmond, Virginiastyle=text-align:center[22]
1911Firland SanatoriumSeattle, Washington[23]
1911Lima Tuberculosis HospitalLima, Ohio
1912Blackburn SanitariumKlamath Falls, Oregonstyle=text-align:center[24]
1912Pine Bluff State HospitalSalisbury, Marylandstyle=text-align:center
1913Sample SanitariumFresno, Californiastyle=text-align:center[25]
1913State Tuberculosis SanitariumGalen, Montana[26]
1914Belgum SanitariumRichmond, Californiastyle=text-align:center[27]
1914Saratoga County HomesteadProvidence, New Yorkstyle=text-align:center
1915Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis SanitariumChicago, Illinoisstyle=text-align:center
1915Enid Government Springs SanatoriumEnid, Oklahomastyle=text-align:center
1915Muirdale Tuberculosis SanatoriumMilwaukee County, Wisconsinstyle=text-align:center
1916Glen Lake SanatoriumHennepin County, Minnesotastyle=text-align:center
1916Cresson Tuberculosis SanatoriumCresson, Pennsylvaniastyle=text-align:center
1917Hot Lake SanitoriumHot Lake, Oregonstyle=text-align:center[28]
1917Piedmont SanatoriumBurkeville, Virginiastyle=text-align:center[29]
1918Bancroft's CastleGroton, Massachusettsstyle=text-align:center
1919Cranberry Specialty HospitalHanson, Massachusettsstyle=text-align:center
1919Fairview SanatoriumNormal, Illinoisstyle=text-align:center[30]
1919Washington County Tuberculosis HospitalBarre, Vermont[31]
1920Olive View SanitariumLos Angeles, Californiastyle=text-align:center[32]
1920Pureair SanatoriumBayfield County, Wisconsinstyle=text-align:center
1922Deborah Heart and Lung CenterBrowns Mills, New Jerseystyle=text-align:center
1922?El Sausal SanitariumSalinas, Californiastyle=text-align:center[33]
1922Henryton State HospitalMarriottsville, Marylandstyle=text-align:center
1923Halifax County Home and Tubercular HospitalHalifax, North Carolinastyle=text-align:center
1923Caverly Preventorium Pittsford, Vermont[34]
1926National Methodist SanatoriumColorado Springs, Coloradostyle=text-align:center
1927Hassler Health FarmSan Carlos, California
1928King County Tuberculosis HospitalSeattle, Washingtonstyle=text-align:center[35]
1930Lake View SanatoriumMadison, Wisconsinstyle=text-align:center[36]
1933Sioux San HospitalRapid City, South Dakotastyle=text-align:center
1934Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Tempe, Arizona[37]
1934Glenn Dale HospitalGlenn Dale, Marylandstyle=text-align:center
1936Dr. Hudson SanitariumNewton County, Arkansasstyle=text-align:center[38]
1939University Tuberculosis HospitalPortland, Oregonstyle=text-align:center[39]
1940Edgewood State HospitalDeer Park, New Yorkstyle=text-align:center

See also

Notes and References

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  4. Rockhaven Sanitarium. City of Glendale, California. 4. Architectural Resources Group. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818014357/http://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showdocument?id=15979. August 18, 2016.
  5. News: The Home for Chronic Invalids . . October 27, 1884. 5.
  6. Web site: [{{NHLS url|id=71000555}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Cure Industry Resources in the Village of Saranac Lake, Essex and Franklin Co., NY]. pdf. John A. Bonafide . Mary Hotaling . Rachel D. Bliven . 1992. National Park Service.
  7. News: Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles, California. The Sierra Madre Sanatorium. November 15, 1887. 3.
  8. Book: Miller . Olive . A Bird-lover in the West . Miller . Harriett . The Riverside Press . 1894 . 978-1978001398 . 10, 15, 18, 70.
  9. Web site: Remains of a Former Astoria Asylum. Brownstoner. Walsh. Kevin. January 21, 2014. live. https://archive.today/20200130082947/https://www.brownstoner.com/history/remains-of-a-former-astoria-asylum/. January 30, 2020.
  10. Web site: The Sanatorium Movement in America . The White Plague in the City of Angels. Luce . Carolline . . 2013 . May 12, 2017.
  11. Book: 102. Tuolumne County, California: Being a Frank, Fair and Accurate Exposition, Pictorially and Otherwise, of the Resources and Possibilities of this Magnificent Section of California. 1909. J.A. Van Harlingen & Company. Tuolumne County, California.
  12. Web site: Wigton . Jim . "The Pottenger Sanatorium" . Patch.com . 4 October 2022 . 18 June 2011.
  13. Web site: Southern California Sanitarium Historic District. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831052427/http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/ca_los%20angeles%20county_southern%20california%20sanitarium.pdf. August 31, 2019.
  14. News: State News. The Capital Journal. Salem, Oregon. January 5, 1905. 5. Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: Missouri State Sanatorium - Asylum Projects.
  16. Web site: Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Wales, Wisconsin.
  17. Web site: Sanctuary_in_the_Sun. Pittsford, Vermont.
  18. Web site: Hemmingson and Ewing: Catawba Sanatorium's first decade. The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. February 7, 2016. Hemmingson, Grace. https://archive.today/20200130080038/https://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/hemmingson-and-ewing-catawba-sanatorium-s-first-decade/article_c0f7b73e-bdf0-5cbc-ad44-b88a5004053a.html. January 30, 2020. live.
  19. News: La Vina was prominent tuberculosis hospital. Pasadena Star-News. Pasadena, California. May 4, 2009. Pasadena Star-News Staff. https://web.archive.org/web/20200211002451/https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2009/05/04/la-vina-was-prominent-tuberculosis-hospital/. February 11, 2020. live.
  20. Web site: San Haven State Hospital. State Historical Society of North Dakota. https://archive.today/20200130084925/https://www.history.nd.gov/archives/stateagencies/sanhaven.html. January 30, 2020. live.
  21. "Famed hospital now a white elephant", The Courier-Journal, August 13–14, 1986, p. 1.
  22. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital . Worsham, Gibson . May 2002. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
  23. News: The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. When Firland Was Operating At Peak Capacity, Tb Was A Major Killer Of American Adults. Patients Clung To The Hope That They Could Get Into A Sanitarium. But The Treatment Included ... Days Of Isolation. McCredie. Scott. March 21, 1999. https://archive.today/20200130083753/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19990321&slug=2950573. January 30, 2020. live.
  24. Web site: Looking back: This week in Klamath Basin history. Herland and News. Klamath Falls, Oregon. Bonner. Jackie. July 9, 2016. live. https://archive.today/20200130083130/https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/community/looking-back-this-week-in-klamath-basin-history/article_6c2cedda-24d0-5621-80e4-958bf84501d7.html. January 30, 2020.
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  31. Web site: This place in History: The Washington County Sanatorium. Barre, Vermont.
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  37. Web site: Did You Know: Tempe Was Home To Arizona State Tuberculosis Sanatorium. KJZZ. Phoenix, Arizona. September 4, 2015. live. Rodriguez, Nadine Arroyo. January 30, 2020. https://archive.today/20200130083400/https://kjzz.org/content/186747/did-you-know-tempe-was-home-arizona-state-tuberculosis-sanatorium.
  38. Web site: NRHP nomination for Dr. Hudson Sanitarium Agricultural Building Historic District. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-09-10.
  39. Web site: Housing the Victims of the Great White Plague: The Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital. Oregon Health & Science University. May 12, 2017.

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