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A Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Talihina, Oklahoma, dated December 1924. This map documents the Choctaw-Chickasaw Sanatorium (shown left on map) and the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium (shown right on map), located on the Winding Stair Mountain range…

In ruins today, the building is located west of the pond and was described by Minnie Wagoner’s report as follows: with the completion in 1936 of a modern brick building to replace the former cramped, small milk house, the institution had one of the…

The former Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium now operates as the Oklahoma Veterans Center-Talihina Division and the site consists of seventeen (17) buildings, four (4) structures and one (1) site. Located three miles northwest of Talihina off…

In fair conditiion, the hospital is unoccupied and appears to be undergoing interior renovation. Built with PWA funds, its Moderne design and construction materials contribute to the cohesive appearance of the buildings on the site. The combination…

The 1932 Infirmary was built for women only with an 80-bed capacity to care for more advanced patients and was used as a receiving ward. It replaced the wood frame pavilion, but the date of the pavilion demolition has not been been determined. In…

In fair condition, the one-story buildings of red brick construction have been modified, however, evidence of their original design and use as service buildings is clearly visible. Both buildings are clad with standing-seam metal roofs in good…

In poor condition, this building is one of the site's oldest buildings with only the power house predating it. It was exceptional for its time in terms of style, cost, and amenities. The two-story red brick structure is severly altered. Modification…

In good condition, the Service Building's grand design and central location make it a multi-purpose gathering place today as it was in the past. Archival photographs are evidence that the dormers and original doors have been removed. A landscape…

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 wood frame open-air patients pavilion with screened-in sleeping porches and private dressing rooms provided female patients the benefit of mountain air while sleeping. This building no longer exists, but is documented by the…