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West elevation looking south. By 1921 plans for tuberculosis sanatoriums had became fairly standardized and institutions were designed to promote ease and economy in maintaining a facility. Sanatoriums were comprised of two parts; one for housing…

Photo of the sanatorium's hospital (left) and administration building (right) clipped from article titled "There's Health in Those Mountains of Oklahoma, at Gateway to the Ozarks" published in the December 7, 1930 edition of the Tulsa…

East elevation. The administration building housed the general offices, laboratory, drug room, x-ray room, operating room, examination room, kitchen, and general dining room on the first floor. Rooms for female employees were located on the second…

These undated photos are of the sanatorium's dairy barn and Holstein dairy herd. An excerpt from the sanatorium's publication, Mountain Air dated December 1930, reads as follows: With the increase in patient capacity naturally comes an increase in…

North elevation looking west. The Harper Building was a preventorium for children infected with tuberculosis, but who did not have an active form of the disease. A preventorium was defined by the Committee of Preventoria of the National Tuberculosis…

North elevation looking east. Constructed in 1930 as a children's facility, this building accommodated 65 patients with primary tuberculosis. Each wing housed sleeping porches on the south with dressing rooms on the north. The first floor's central…

Photo of the hospital (recognizable by its steeple) published in The Sign-Post, an Oklahoma State Board for Vocational Rehabilitation Division of Vocational Rehabilitation publication. The publication is undated, but based on the reference to Dr.…

North elevation. In 1924, another medical building was constructed that accommodated 50 male patients and housed a diet kitchen, treatment room, pharmacy, and general work rooms. The building's floor-plan placed each patient on the south side to…

North elevation. In 1932, a three-story brick Infirmary Building for women with an 80-bed capacity was constructed. This building was used to care for the more advanced patients and as a receiving ward.

North elevation. In 1952, 100 patient beds were added by constructing two wings on the 1932 Infirmary Building. New operating rooms were constructed in addition to a new dining room and kitchen. According to 1952 newspaper articles, this was a…