Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District

Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas
Listed
October 4, 2006
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06000414

About this property

The Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District is a United States Historic District south of Booneville, Arkansas that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 2006. The district encompasses the former relocation center for Arkansans diagnosed with tuberculosis and an administration building built in the Art Deco style in 1909. It is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving complexes of its type in the country. 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 Leo E. Nyberg, a former sanatorium patient and state legislator 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. 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 population of the center was greater than that of Booneville, in the valley below. 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 mental retardation and other developmental disabilities which is what it remains today. The main buildings were designed by the architectural firms of Haralson & Mott of Fort Smith, Arkansas and Erhart & Eichenbaum of Little Rock, Arkansas. National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas Article detailing life at the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Location

Booneville, Logan County, Arkansas
35.09866, -93.91125

Categories

ARCHITECTUREHEALTH/MEDICINE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Logan County Courthouse, Southern Judicial District
Industrial
2.1 mi
Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge
Colonial
2.9 mi
Bank of Booneville Building
Civil War
3 mi
Booneville Commercial Historic District
Industrial
3 mi
Booneville Methodist Episcopal Church South
Civil War
3.1 mi

Nearby Battles

Shelby's 1863 Raid — Skirmish at Booneville (Logan County)
1863Civil War
3.1 mi

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When was Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District listed on the National Register?

Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2006.

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Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic District is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1909.

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