Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Nurses Home and Superintendent's House, Medical heritage building in Crown Point, Indiana, United States.
Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium is a three-story brick building with a hipped roof and Georgian-style columns at the entrance. The complex includes separate structures for nursing staff and a superintendent's residence.
The Nurses Home and the Superintendent's House were both built in 1930, the Nurses Home in Georgian Revival brick on a raised concrete basement and the Superintendent's House in Colonial Revival brick with a one-story flat-roofed wing. The Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium closed around 1971. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, with a boundary increase in 2013.
The building reflects early twentieth-century hospital design, with Georgian elements and spaces built specifically for patients and staff. This mix of stylish architecture and practical facilities shows how medical institutions of that era aimed to be both functional and respectful.
The Nurses Home and Superintendent's House stand together at Crown Point, Indiana, at coordinates 41.45111, -87.36528. The Nurses Home rises three stories on a raised concrete basement, while the Superintendent's House is 2+1⁄2 stories with a one-story flat-roofed wing. Look for the three-bay projecting entrance portico with its arcade and Corinthian-order pilasters on the Nurses Home.
The nursing staff building is one of only two surviving tuberculosis staff residences in Indiana and retains its original architecture. This rarity makes the site an important record of the special living arrangements designed for medical workers of that era.
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