PWA Hospital - Collection of Dr. Forrest P. Baker
Title
PWA Hospital - Collection of Dr. Forrest P. Baker
Subject
Buildings
Description
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 beds.
Modern in design and features, floors were terrazzo throughout. There was a large elevator in the center of the building to facilitate movement from floor to floor. The building also had a motor-driven dumb waiter for carrying food from floor to floor.
At one time, the spacious storage basement was used to house the state's penitentiary prisoners with tuberculosis.
Publisher
Mary Ayn Tullier of Talihina, Oklahoma from the collection of Dr. Forrest P. Baker
Rights
Copyright © 2010, Mary Ayn Tullier, All Rights Reserved.
Format
JPEG
Type
Still Image
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