The early Meriden sanatorium service building, with cellar and first-floor plans. The plate credits architects Foote & Townsend and gives a planned service capacity of 122 patients. Photograph date unknown; published in 1914. The text below the caption continues a discussion of a different institution.
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Source: Thomas Spees Carrington; National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanatorium Construction, third edition (1914), p. 65; University of California Libraries / Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Undercliff Sanatorium, SGC-UC-015, UC-001, “Service building and floor plans.” Source: Thomas Spees Carrington; National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Hospital and Sanatorium Construction, third edition (1914), p. 65; University of California Libraries / Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.. https://archive.org/details/tuberculosishosp00carrrich/page/n68/mode/1up. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.