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These undated photos are of the superintendent's cottage, a bungalow on the grounds of the sanatorium. The cottage was home to Dr. Baker and his family; his wife, Maud and their two daughters, Mary and Martha. In the first photo, the cottage is shown…

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…

East elevation. Constructed in 1928, the Service Building housed the kitchen, dining room, store, cold storage room, and a large auditorium, as well as employee quarters upstairs. This photo also features an important symbol associated with the…

Photos of the east elevation (entrance) and south elevation (side). A plaque in the Service Building’s auditorium identifies the architects as Layton Hicks and Forsyth of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - architects of the State Capitol and other historic…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…