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San Life: The Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929

Western Maine Sanatorium gate, 1928

Western Maine Sanatorium gate, 1928

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Maine Historical Society

The gates to the Western Maine Sanatorium on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron carried a small sign identifying the institution inside.

Even without a large sign, the facility was well known.

Begun in 1904 as a private hospital for treating tuberculosis, the sanatorium became part of a state network of hospitals in 1915.