Staff Dining Hall, National Leprosarium. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collection. Carville, LA.

Built in 1940, this building served as the staff dining room for the employees of the United States Public Health Service Hospital, the National Leprosarium.

Commissioned Corps Officers of the USPHS and Civil Service employees had separate designated seating. Before the 1950s, black and white areas were segregated.

The Daughters of Charity, who lived in quarters next door, took their meals separately.

Patients had their own dining hall. It wasn't until 1984 that a combined community dining hall was built to accommodate both staff and patients.

Today the National Hansen's Disease Museum is located in this building.