Matrons of Cottage Grove. Photo by Johnny Harmon. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.
This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove
For those patients lucky enough to live in the "suburbia" of Cottage Grove, or White City, they could maintain a semblance of normalcy not available in dormitory-style living.
The cafeteria allowed the suburbanites to draw dry rations from the storehouse and do their own cooking.
This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove
Carville Jail and Cottage Grove
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…