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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…