ABANDONED West Mountain Sanitarium

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West Mountain Sanitarium was a Tuberculosis hospital for both children and adults. It's doors opened in 1903 and was finally shut down in the early 1970s. In its heyday this was a state of the art facility with room to accommodate up to 100 patients. The location had a playground for children, a farming field to grow their own foods and a natural spring artesian well.

Due to its rural location on the side of a mountain, patients were often forced to sit outside in caged in porches, even during
freezing weather to "air their lungs out" as part of their treatment. It was believed that long duration's of fresh air would force the
Tuberculous out of their lungs.

With the advancement of modern medicine West Mountain Sanitarium was forced to close their doors and any remaining patients were transferred to nearby hospitals. This was a sprawling facility that had a large superintendents office/living quarters, hospital ward with patient wings and its own maintenance department.

In the mid 90s most of the buildings were burned to the ground by vandals. Up until a few years ago some items were left in
the remaining structures such as hospital beds, wheel chairs, employee lockers and documents dating back to the 1920s.
Not much remains now except for part of the superintendents quarters and part of the patient/hospital wing. Most areas
have collapsed roofs and very weak floors. This is a popular place for graffiti artists and paranormal investigators.

Who knows how much longer this abandoned place will exist but it will always be an important part of Northeastern Pennsylvania history.