Tuberculosis Treatment Tent in Lakewood, Colorado
Satellite photos courtesy Google Earth.
Edited by David Barth 5 April 2014. Surface photos by David Barth.
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. Satellite photo courtesy Google Earth. |
This satellite photo shows the original area owned by the Jewish Consumtives' Relief Society (JCRS). The land for the strip mall at the lower
portion of the picture was sold off during the early 1950s.
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. Satellite photo courtesy Google Earth. |
This close-up satellite photo shows the Synagogue with the white roof and the "tent" building at the lower left.
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
This photo was taken through the window screen.
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
This photo was taken through the window screen.
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Tuberculosis Treatment Tent. |
Dr. Charles Spivak, a Russian immigrant, spearheaded the founding of JCRS. JCRS opened in 1904 with the purpose of housing patients
thought to be too ill with tuberculosis to be treated. Patients of all denominations were welcomed no matter what their economic
status.
When it opened, JCRS consisted of one administrative building and six canvas tents that housed the patients. Later, patients
were placed in small buildings, but they continued to be called "tents".
This 10 x 12 feet patient "tent" was moved from its original location to just south of the synagogue, and it has been restored. The tent
is actually a small building with a bed, small table, and chairs where a patient stayed to prevent the spread of the
disease.
It is believed to be the last remaining intact structure of its kind in the Western United States.
Medical advances in finding a tuberculosis cure caused JCRS to close its doors in 1954. The AMC Cancer Research Center subsequently
bought the property, and as of 2014 was owned by the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
LAKEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY SITES |
NUMBER KEY | IDENTIFICATION | ADDRESS | YEAR BUILT | REGISTRY |
1 | Cason Howell House | 1575 Kipling Street | 1874 | State Registry |
2 | Washington Heights School | 6375 West First Street | 1889 | State Registry |
3 | Stone House | 2900 South Estes Street | 1886 | National Registry |
4 | Peterson House | 801 South Yarrow | 1880 | National Registry |
5 | Davies Chuck Wagon Diner | 9495 West Colfax Avenue | 1957 | National Registry |
6 | Schupp House | 1275 Ames Street | 1908 | |
7 | Ward House | 2261 Estes Street | 1928 | |
8 | WWII Memorial Monument | 7655 West 10th Street | 1947 | |
9 | Golden Hill Cemetery - Hill | 12000 West Colfax Avenue | 1908 | National Registry |
10 | Mercy Grove House | 1980 Garland Street | 1935 | |
11 | Cline House | 7020 West 13th Street | 1939 | |
12 | Rose Cottage | 1800 Dover Street | 1918 | |
13 | Panoramic Park | 12655 West Colfax Avenue | 1961 | |
14 | Addenbrooke Fireplace | 9100 West Center Avenue | 1953 | |
15 | Isaac Solomon Synagogue | 1600 Pierce Street | 1904 | |
16 | Schnell Farm | 3113 South Wadsworth Boulevard | 1888 | National Registry |
17 | O'Kane House | 6795 West First Street | 1897 | |
18 | Kellogg House | 2080 Klein Street | 1888 | |
19 | Everett Farm | 300 South Garrison Street | 1922 | |
20 | Denver & Intermountain Car 25 | 500 Kipling Street (Federal Center) | 1911 | State Registry |
21 | Mile High Church | 9079 West Alameda Avenue | 1973 | |
22 | Heavenly Paradise House | 975 Reed Street | 1952 | |
A | Building 710 (Federal Center) | 10000 West Alameda Avenue | 1960 | National Registry |
B | FEMA Building | 10000 West Alameda Avenue | 1969 | National Registry |
C | JCRS Historic District | 1900 Pierce Street | 1900 | National Registry |
D | Bonfil-Stanton Outbuildings | 797 South Wadsworth Boulevard | 1920 | State Registry |
E | Country Club Garden Apartments | 1160 Pierce Street | 1962 | State Registry |