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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…

Undated postcard image of the building's south elevation - east wing.  The rear of the Infirmary's wing additions feature modern, cast concrete cantilevered, horizontal shading devices. 

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…

South elevation. In July 1925, the Legislature appropriated $45,000 for the construction of a new nurses home at the sanatorium. Constructed in 1926, the new nurses home provided amenities such as hot and cold water in each room, linen closet, and…

Photographs of the Patients Pavilion from the collection of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker including a group photograph of the "Girls on the Porch".  The pavilion was divided Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest porches. These photographs…

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…

North elevation. In 1937, a building was constructed at a cost of $184,000, 45% of which was allocated funds from Public Works Administration (PWA). It was 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, three stories high, and had a capacity for about 140…

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…