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Zambarano State Hospital At a Glance:

Opened in November 1905 as a Tuberculosis Ward

By the end of 1905, 48 men and women had been admitted

By 1920, there were more than 600 sanatoriums and related facilities in every U.S. state

By the 1930s, Zambarano had its own post office, fire department, general store, dairy, beauty shop, radio station and newspaper.

By the beginning of WWII the daily census was 556 patients served by 330 employees

With TB cases dropping, in 1961 Zambarano began to accept "general medical care" patients

The last TB ward was closed in 1982

Last TB patient discharged in 1988

The Growing Season:
A Providence Journal series about Zambarano patient Frank Beazley.

100 Years on Wallum Lake:
A Providence Journal series about the history of Zambarano.