Infirmary completed in 1934. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.
This file appears in: Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.
In 2005, the state of Louisiana renovated the old hospital infirmary into a conference center and hotel.
This file appears in: Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.
Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.
The infirmary, built in 1933, had 68 beds in two open wards--men upstairs and women downstairs. Architects provided screened porches across the front of the building to allow patients fresh air.…