Name/Title
Trachoma Hospital, Rolla, Missouri, 1939Entry/Object ID
2007.33.901ACDescription
Trachoma Hospital, Rolla, Missouri, 1939. Designed by Eckel & Aldrich, Architects. Constructed 1938-1939 for Missouri State Board of Health. This was the last Trachoma Hospital to function in the United States, closing in the 1950's.
Trachoma is an infectious disease of the eye, transmitted mainly in families and prevalent especially in populations of Scotch-Irish descent. Large populations of such peoples had migrated over the "Daniel Boone Trails: to Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. It was also known among Native Americans and may have been endemic or brought by the Spaniards. It is also present in Mexican populations. Hence, the federal government operated beginning in 1913 special hospitals/clinics in 4 states, the last hospital being the one in this photo.
See 07.33.901D for rendering.
07.33.901A Exterior View, 2-story brick building, Close up of door and name "Missouri Trachoma Hospital" at top, 8" x 10½"
There are 2 duplicates of this print.
07.33.901B Exterior View, full front view of building, 8" x 10 ¾"
There are 2 duplicates of this print. And three duplicates of a similar view but from further back with tree in foreground.
07.33.901C Exterior View, front of building, drawing 8" x 11", 1939
There are 2 duplicates of this drawing and a film negative.Collection
Eckel-BrunnerMade/Created
Date made
1939Place
City
RollaState/Province
MissouriNotes
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Architecture, Hospitals, Health careSearch Terms
Trachoma Hospital, Rolla, Missouri, Trachoma Treatment, Missouri State Board of Health, Out of Town, Eckel & Aldrich, Architects, Trachoma Hospital, Rolla, MissouriDimensions
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Printsize: 8" x 10 ½"
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Person or Organization
Eckel, George
