Georgia State Sanitarium in 1913

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By the time this bird's eye drawing was made for the 1913 Georgia State Sanitarium report, the institution had expanded substantially beyond the domed Powell Building (left center). A convalescent female ward (bottom right) was mirrored by a convalescent male ward (bottom left), while an overcrowded building for African Americans had been recently completed (top, center fold). The "twin buildings" (x-shaped, top left) housed white male patients and were connected by a kitchen and dining complex. The sanitarium's farm stretched out beyond.

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