Hospitals and Dining Hall of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1924/06
Description:
View of the hospitals and dining hall at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. J. G. Pettit, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express office. The post office is Hopemont. Number of patients in June 30, 1924 was 266.
Gore Hospital, State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1927/06
Description:
View of the Gore hospital at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. J. G. Pettit, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express office. The post office is Hopemont. State route 7 passes through Hopemont. Number of patients in June 30, 1927 was 308.
Road into the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1920/06
Description:
Panoramic view of State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. E. E. Clovis, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express and post office. Number of patients in July 1, 1920 was 155.
Distant View of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1919/06
Description:
Distant view of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. E. E. Clovis, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express and post office. Number of patients in July 1, 1918 was 107.
Buildings at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1916/06
Description:
View of the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. E. E. Clovis, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The local station is called Hopemont, but only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is the express and post office. Number of patients treated during June, 1914 was 65.
Conley Hospital, Hopemont Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1930/06
Description:
View of Conley Hospital, memorial, at the Hopemont Sanitarium. George F. Evans, M. D., Superintendent. This institution is located two miles east of Terra Alta, Preston county, on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Only local trains stop here. All passenger trains stop at Terra Alta, which is also the express office. Hopemont is located on State Route number 7. Number of patients in June 30, 1930 was 392.
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Description:
'This is Miss Stocker, the girl that died last night. Isn't that a horrible picture of me? I wish you would note the legs.' 'Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.'
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1928
Description:
'Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.'
Hester Luetta Harr at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1928
Description:
'H. snapped this too soon- the sun was in my eyes.' Biographical information on Hester Harr obtained from her niece, Debra Harr. Hester Harr was a patient at Hopemont Hospital for approximately 10 years. After contracting tuberculosis, she was admitted in the Spring of 1926 and discharged 1936. She was born January 10,1906 in Buena, W. Va. near Canaan Valley, one of five children (the third and last daughter) of John R. and DeLarie Harr. Hester graduated from Petersburg High School in 1925. She entered Shepherd College in the fall of that year. In the spring of 1926, she transferred to West Virginia University. Her brother, Guy Harr, born 1909, was also a student at WVU at the same time. He also contracted tuberculosis and entered the Hopemont Sanitarium. He died at Hopemont in 1934. After leaving Hopemont, Hester Harr married Harold Yokum of Keyser on December 31, 1938. They made their home in Ridgeley, W. Va. near Short Gap, W. Va. (on Rt. 28 South of Cumberland). They had no children. Harold Yokum died in 1953. Hester Harr died in 1987 of complications of pneumonia. She is buried in the Maple River Cemetery in Petersburg, W. Va.'
