Essex Mountain Sanatorium / Richard A. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Richard A., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis--Hospitals--New Jersey--History--Pictorial works.

Tuberculosis.

Verona (N.J.)--History--Pictorial works.

Verona (N.J.).

Essex Mountain Sanatorium--History--Pictorial works.

Essex Mountain Sanatorium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Founded in 1907 amidst protests and a burgeoning suffrage movement, Essex Mountain Sanatorium was the result of two Montclair, New Jersey, women who successfully lobbied local government to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium in a then vacant cottage for wayward girls. From these humble beginnings, the hospital grew to become one of the finest treatment centers in the nation, expanding into a complex of 20 buildings that encompassed nearly 300 acres. Ironically, medical advances pioneered at places such as the sanatorium and the advent of antitubercular drugs in the years following World War II led to decreasing patient enrollment, which made such large facilities unnecessary. When it was eventually abandoned in the early 1980s, the hospital began its second act as a haven for urban explorers, vandals, and arsonists, becoming shrouded in mystery and the source of local legends and myths. After suffering years of neglect and abuse, the main complex would finally fall to wreckers in 1993, ending an important era in county, state, and national history.

Contents:

Genesis

Chrysalis

The crown jewel

Greetings from "the San"

Sanatoria

A new hope

Death throes.

OCLC:

882941240