Cresson TB Sanatorium Remembered
Buildings 2
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#15  Men's West Wing, built in 1915-16.
 
 
 
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#17  Old photo of the three open air school buildings.  Note all the windows for fresh air & sunlight.


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#17.5  Early photo of Men's Cottages before sidewalks and shrubbry added.  Horses and wagons, which were used to haul people and supplies from Cresson to the san, can be seen near the cottages.

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#19  Later photo of Men's Camp with cement sidewalks being installed.  It shows the 85,000 gallon water tank in the background.

   
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#19.5  Early photo of Women's Cottages before the sidewalks were added.

 

 

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#21  Women's Camp.  Card was written by a woman and addressed to Farrell, Pa, but no postmark with year.  Note on card says X was her cottage, B the bath house and P is pavilion for taking a "rest cure".
 
 
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21.5  Another early view of the Women's Cottages.  To the left of the cottages are structures called the Women's Tent Colony.

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#23  Grace Chapel erected in 1914.



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#23.5  Administration Drive and Grace Chapel.  The Administration Building is off to the right hand side of the photo.  The postcard a left was mailed Oct. 3, 1941.
 
 
 
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#25  I believe this was taken later than photo #24 as it shows more ivy on the front wall.
 
 
 
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#27  Old photo of Main Kitchen. 
 
 
 
 
 
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#29  Unit 1  Women's Dorm 
 
 
 
 
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#31  Unit 2 Men's Dorm.  I lived here for 6 months on the 2nd floor while on meals.
 
 
 
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#33  Children's Gymnasium & Swimming Pool, built in 1922.  It was converted into the Surgery Building (at right) during the 1930's.  Card is postmarked Cresson 1930 and mailed to Allentown, Pa.
 
 
 
 
 
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#35  Old photo of Powerhouse and Laundry, mailed to Erie, Pa.
 
 
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#37.   Cottages in the wintertime snow.  The postcard was mailed to North Carolina in 1915.
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#16  Men's West Wing.
 
 
 
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#18  Newer version of Open Air School Buildings and Athletic Field.  Mailed in 1946 to Erie, Pa.

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#20  Children's Playground & School.
 
 
 
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#20.5  Men's Cottages with sidewalks and landscaping complete.



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#20.7  The back of Postcard #19.5.

 

 

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#22  Another view of the Women's Cottages with white fence & snazzy auto added.  The men's and women's camps were dismantled in the early 1950's after Units 1 and 2 were completed. 
 
 
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22.5  A close-up of the Women's Tent Colony showing its very rough open-air construction.



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#24  Grace Chapel  where I attended church services once I made meals.  Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw of Pittsburgh, who had a summer home near Cresson, gave generously to the sanatorium, particularly in the building of the chapel.
 
 
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#24.5  The above postcard of Grace Chapel was mailed Jan 30, 1941.

 

 

 

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#26  Nurse's Home built in the late 1940's.
 
 
 
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#28  Old photo of Dining Room.  In 1955 it was bigger and brighter with new dining tables and furniture.
 
 
 
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 #30  Children's House was opened in 1932.  However, the children's department was discontinued in 1950 and it became Unit 3, a hospital building for adults.
 
 
 
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#32  The Entertainment Hall was built in 1925.  It was completely renovated in the early part of 1951.
 
 
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#34  The Surgery Bulding, which was right across from my ward, so I saw it every day.  We all hoped we would never have to go there.
 
 
 
 
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#36    Power House & Laundry       Postmarked Wall, Pa June 1940, mailed to East Chicago.








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