Interior of a patient's kitchen, Cottage Grove. Photo by Johnny Harmon. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

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Interior of a patient's kitchen, Cottage Grove.<br />
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Photo by Johnny Harmon. <br />
Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

Interior of private cottage.

This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove

Carville Jail and Cottage Grove

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

Like any small town, Carville offered various services to its inhabitants. A one room school house educated the people quarantined at the site. Sacred Heart Chapel hosted Catholic services facilitated by the Daughters of Charity. Eventually it was…