3. Seaside Sanatorium, Waterford, Connecticut
Location: Waterford, Connecticut; 36 Shore Road
1934 is the year.
Cost: *$2.23 million (pricing of land, 1930)
Situated on 36 Shore Road in Waterford, Connecticut, is the historic Seaside Sanatorium. The significance of the institution lies in the fact that it was the first of its kind to be built specifically to treat children with tuberculosis, a lung illness that used to be lethal.
Waterford, Connecticut’s Seaside Sanatorium @atlasobscura/Pinterest
Currently a Connecticut State Park, Seaside was designed by Cass Gilbert and constructed in 1934. The 36 acres of land beneath the brick stronghold were purchased in 1930 for $2.23 million (inflation adjusted). The facility functioned successfully, assisting kids in getting their TB symptoms relieved by the sun. Fortunately, advances in medicine meant that sanatoriums were rendered unnecessary in the 1940s, marking the end of Seaside’s existence as a tuberculosis ward.
zi ang