Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval hospital at 15th Avenue NE and 150th Street, and continued to treat TB patients until its dissolution in 1973.
This aerial image shows the entire 34-acre Firland Sanatorium campus in the Richmond Highlands area (now the City of Shoreline). As of 2017, several of the old Firland buildings can still be seen on the King's Schools campus, including the Tudor Revival administration building, built in 1914.
Caption information source: "Firland Sanatorium," by Paula Becker, HistoryLink.org Essay 3928
ID Number: 1986.5.9372.1
Date: 1938
Physical Description: 1 negative : acetate, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
