In the late 1980s and early 1990s discussions began on converting the center into a state prison or veterans home. Neither plan materialized. Yelinek, a Waynesboro native and senior at Bryn Mawr College wrote the history for the center's 100th anniversary. The position allowed the sun to shine on each of the four sides at some point during the day. The cottages' large windows stayed open year-round to let fresh air in.
None is left on the center grounds.
Some were dismantled. Others were moved off the grounds and converted into private homes or other uses. Between 1938 and 1940 more than 1,200 TB patients were being cared for at the sanatorium, according to Yelinek's history. Some patients stayed for years. The late 1940s brought the discovery of antibiotics that began to wipe out tuberculosis.