Carville Historic District Driving Tour, Stop #4, The Infirmary

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This file appears in: Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.

Audio narration of Stop #4, The Infirmary, on the Carville: The National Leprosarium tour.

This file appears in: Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.

Infirmary, National Leprosarium, Carville, Louisiana.

By Elizabeth Schexnyder, Curator, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Carville, LA

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.…