The old sanatorium at Springville

California · USA · Cemetery

The low income housing here was the county tuberculosis sanatorium. There is a room in the clinic that is cold in a way the building does not explain.

The housing at Springville in Tulare County, California stands in what was the county tuberculosis sanatorium and hospital.

Residents report things in their flats and in the other buildings on the site.

There is a room in the clinic that is cold enough that people notice it immediately.

What should be said first is that this is somebody's home. The people living there are on low incomes, they did not choose a building with a history, and they are not part of an attraction.

The sanatorium itself is the reason for everything else. Tuberculosis patients were sent to the Sierra foothills for the dry air and the altitude, held for years, and a great many of them died a long way from their families.

The buildings are residential and private.

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Hvor ligger The old sanatorium at Springville?

The old sanatorium at Springville ligger i California, USA.