The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-25
.I||N||FAN T SANITARIUM
Its Tenth Year Of Usefulness Marked
by the Opening of
ITS new BUILDING AT VIRGINIA BEACH
Handsome nnd COEllnndiots Mod.
crn Snnitnriunl for the Care of
sick 1nfants-Ihe Needs ana a'ros.
Pects Of ahc Instiintion What IL
Has Accomplished In thc pnst.

ouSt zen years ago this summer Il
phnu oI Christian women. most Of them
mothers, realizing the need OF a place
where the sick children of the city,
whose parents were unable to take them
10 mountains or seashore, could be
cared for, and the rsult Of their delibe-a-
IONS was the immediate founding of the
nopie charity known SO well as the In
rant Sanitarium
rms institution for the saving of in
dahtle lives yesterday celebrated the
completion OF its first decade of useful
ness by moving into the handsome and
Commodious new building at Virginia
Beach,
IT'S HISTORY.
When the scheme first took form in
1883 the Virginia Beach railway COMMA
ny gave the ladies in charge of the pro
Ject the right to Use the old club house
near the Princess Anne hotel for q norjod
of five years. This offer was gratefully
accepted, but after the expiration OF the
time, during which they were allowed to
use the building, they rented property
suitable to their purpose. Afterward
,hey purchased 4 lot, but as the property
on which the new Sanitarium stands
was donated by the Norfolk, Virginia
Beach and Southern Railway company,
the ladies sold Their lot and applied the
proceeds to the building fund for the
new structure. This fund was started
some FOUR years ago and Its growth and
the careful nursing it received has ena-
bled the managers to erect this year The
building now ready for occupancy ut n
cost OF nearly $4,000, every dollar or
which has been paid
~ LITTLE MORE NEEDED.
Ihose In charge Of the work have
been careful to see that there should be
no incumbances on the property They
nave proceeded step by step. and the
iunuS became available. and today, al
though the building is fit for summer
occupancy, there still remains some $3.50
worth or work to be done before II 10 on
tirely completed This will bring the to-
tai cost up to $500.
THE BUILDING.
The new sanltarium was designed by
Messrs. Carpenter & PEBBLES, architects
Of this city. 1t is a substantial frame
| structure, 60xS0 feet three and q hair
stories high. The basement is arranged
Tor meetings and the top half story is
equipped as play room for the chill
dren Each floor is surrounded by an
airy veranda, - feet wide. There are
400 feet of these galleries, The halls are
wide and airy and the 25 rooms are all
| large. well ventilated and models of COM
fort. The most important unfinished
feature Of the work Is the plumbing. IT
| IS to be hoped that the managers
VIII be enabled to complete this spcedi-
-. nc fulfilling was begun January 1St
1877, and with the exception of the fca-
| ture Just mentioned and the necessary
grading OF the lot, ceiling of the porches,
FENCES, lightning rods, etc. 1t is now
complete.
Since its inception, more than / 200 lit
tie patients have been cared for at the
sanitarium, receiving the care of mat
ron trained nurses. ETC., besides medi-
cal attention when necessary.
IN this connection, mention must he
made OF the resident physician at the
Princess Anne hotel who has given his
services free during the past three
years.
| The Norfolk and Virginia Beach Rail
way company has also been very kind
! to the ladies. transporting free materials
and workmen for the building and issu-
ING n hall rate tic':2t for mothers who
| desire to accompany their babes
The sanitarum needs about 5000 yearly
| for its support and II its friends would
endow it in their Wills or otherwise, so
| it's income would be assured instead of
being dependent upon tiuctuating con-
tributions, much more good could be
| done.