Boston Sanatorium

Boston Sanatorium
Boston Sanatorium
Boston Consumptives Department
Geography
Location	Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°16′22″N 71°4′54″W / 42.27278°N 71.08167°W
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Tuberculosis
History
Former name(s)	Boston Consumptives Hospital
Construction started	1908
Closed	Mid-1900s
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Massachusetts
	Boston Consumptives Hospital
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	249 River St.,; Boston, Massachusetts
Area	52 acres (21 ha)
Architect	Maginnis & Walsh; James Ritchie
NRHP reference No.	01001557
Added to NRHP	February 7, 2002

The Boston Sanatorium (originally named the Boston Consumptives Hospital) is a historic tuberculosis hospital in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It consists of a complex of eighteen historic buildings on 52 acres (21 ha) of land. Most of these buildings were built between 1908 and 1932, although the Superintendent's House predates the hospital's construction; it is an Italianate house built c. 1856. They are predominantly brick buildings that are Colonial Revival in character, although the 1929 main administration building has a variety of different revival elements. Several of the buildings on the campus—The Administrative or Foley Building; The Doctor's Residences, Dormitories and Wards; and The Power House—were designed by the renowned architectural firm Maginnis and Walsh.^[2]^[3] The complex was the largest tuberculosis hospital in the state, built in response to reports that the disease was responsible for more deaths than any other in the city. The facility was used for the treatment of tuberculosis through the middle of the 20th century, and then stood largely vacant until 2002, when plans were laid to rehabilitate the property for other uses.^[4]