First Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Birmingham, AL
N 33° 29.669 W 086° 46.853
16S E 520354 N 3706129
First Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Birmingham, AL
Waymark Code: WMCPH8
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2011
Views: 7
Historical marker denoting the location of the first tuberculosis sanatorium in North Alabama. The marker is located on Fairway Drive near Cahaba Road. The marker was placed by the Birmingham Historical Society.
Marker Name: First Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
1,000 feet East a small group of tents erected May, 1910 by the Anti Tuberculosis Association of Jefferson Count constituted the first effort to aid victims of tuberculosis in North Alabama.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1960
Marker Number: None
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