Mountain View Sanatorium
This historic complex originated in 1907 at the state of New Jersey's first tuberculosis sanatorium. At this time, TB was being treated by an "open-air" environment. Many sanatoriums were situated on hilltops and featured open-air porches where patients had access to clean fresh air. This was no exception for the Mountain View Sanatorium. Nestled on a 600-acre hilltop plot of land in Western Jersey, this facility treated more than 10,000 cases of TB between 1907 and 1929. During this time period, the facility only treated cases deemed as "incipients" or curable's. It was in the late 1920's where the sanatorium began to take on cases of all severity. in 1950, the hospital changed its scope once again to accommodate all diseases of the chest.
The invent of modern medicine in the treatment of TB in the 1970's causes the hospital to have a change of face in 1977. The complex was converted to a psychiatric facility specializing in geriatric care. Most of the complex was renovated with the exception of one of the original sanatorium treatment buildings. This building fell to abandonment and is widely photographed today as being a time capsule to the days of chest disease treatment. In 2011, Government Chris Christie made the call to close the facility altogether. The future of this site remains unknown. It was designated to be used as a satellite Ebola quarantine location during the fear of a US Ebola outbreak. More recently, the facility has been suggested to be re-opened as a Veterans Home (one building on campus currently operates as a Veterans Home).
Read MoreThe invent of modern medicine in the treatment of TB in the 1970's causes the hospital to have a change of face in 1977. The complex was converted to a psychiatric facility specializing in geriatric care. Most of the complex was renovated with the exception of one of the original sanatorium treatment buildings. This building fell to abandonment and is widely photographed today as being a time capsule to the days of chest disease treatment. In 2011, Government Chris Christie made the call to close the facility altogether. The future of this site remains unknown. It was designated to be used as a satellite Ebola quarantine location during the fear of a US Ebola outbreak. More recently, the facility has been suggested to be re-opened as a Veterans Home (one building on campus currently operates as a Veterans Home).
