Georgia Hall, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation

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Georgia Hall was the first building to be constructed after Franklin D. Roosevelt purchased the property and turned the facility into a polio treatment center in 1927. The building was paid for with nickels and dimes sent by people from all over Georgia.

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Georgia Hall, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation

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