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Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District

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The sanatorium complex was self-sustaining, with dormitories, staff entertainment buildings, a chapel, laundry, dairy, water treatment plant, independent telephone system, and even a fire department. At the height of its use, the complex employed nearly 300 staff members. At one point, the total
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With the introduction of more effective drug therapy, the patient population began to decline. Eventually the sanatorium was closed in 1973. The campus was then used as the Booneville Human Development Center, a state-run residential program for adults with mild and moderate
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The sanatorium was the relocation center for all white Arkansans with tuberculosis. By the time the facility was closed in 1973, it had treated over 70,000 patients. The main hospital, named the Nyberg Building after
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who sponsored the bill funding the construction, was completed in 1941. The facility became known worldwide as one of the most successful and modern hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis of its day.
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style in 1909. It is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving complexes of its type in the country.
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in October 2006. The district encompasses the former relocation center for Arkansans diagnosed with
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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population of the center was greater than that of Booneville, in the valley below.
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Administration building (left) and the Nyberg Building, the main hospital (right)
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Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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The main buildings were designed by the architectural firms of
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National Register of Historic Places in Logan County, Arkansas
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Article detailing life at the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District is located in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District is located in the United States
Booneville, Arkansas
35°5′48″N 93°54′54″W / 35.09667°N 93.91500°W / 35.09667; -93.91500
Haralson & Mott
Erhart & Eichenbaum
Art Deco
Colonial Revival
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United States Historic District
Booneville, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places
tuberculosis
Art Deco
Leo E. Nyberg
state legislator
mental retardation
developmental disabilities
Haralson & Mott
Erhart & Eichenbaum
National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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