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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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.