Edgecliff Hospital
tuberculosis hospital in Washington, United States
Edgecliff Hospital, also known as the Edgecliff Sanatorium, was a tuberculosis sanatorium located in Spokane, Washington, United States. The sanatorium was opened in 1915 and closed in 1978.
History
Construction of the Edgecliff Sanatorium began in 1914. The building was designed by architect Archibald G. Rigg, who also worked on several other hospitals and buildings in the Spokane area. The sanatorium was officially opened on October 9, 1915, and the opening ceremony was attended by over 150 people. Spokane's mayor at the time, Charles M. Fassett was one of five speakers at the ceremony. The first patients admitted were transferred from the county's poor farm in Spangle.
The first death to occur at the sanatorium was 35 year old Agnes Graham on October 30, 1915. She was born in Australia and died about a week after her admission to the hospital.
A children's wing opened in October 1917.
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