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The first addition to the property were the three pavilions, designed to the then modern concept of providing as much fresh air as possible to help cure patients.  Built to the same plans as the Morton pavilion at the Piedmont Sanatorium they were two story buildings of frame construction with wings off the sides of a central core housing the main facilities.  The porches on the southern faces of the wings were key to the fresh air theory, allowing patients to be outside while being protected from the elements.  Named Addison, Strode, and Thomas they housed forty patients a piece segregated by sex.  Men were housed in Strode, women in Addison, and children in Thomas.  Patients in advanced stages were housed in partitioned off rooms in the rear of the building until construction of the Trinkle Infirmary in 1922.  As a state project the cottages were constructed of the cheapest materials, plainly furnished, and not expected to be in use for more then ten or twenty years at max.  As early as their first months of service problems in the hastily built structures became apparent.  The end began in 1939 with the opening of the WPA funded infirmary building; in 1950 the patients living in the rotted Addison and Thomas pavilions were finally moved to the west wing of the 1939 infirmary.  In 1951 all patients remaining in Strode were moved to the Trinkle Building.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191206042509/http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/wright.html The Cure Cottage by Roysin Billett]</ref>
 
The first addition to the property were the three pavilions, designed to the then modern concept of providing as much fresh air as possible to help cure patients.  Built to the same plans as the Morton pavilion at the Piedmont Sanatorium they were two story buildings of frame construction with wings off the sides of a central core housing the main facilities.  The porches on the southern faces of the wings were key to the fresh air theory, allowing patients to be outside while being protected from the elements.  Named Addison, Strode, and Thomas they housed forty patients a piece segregated by sex.  Men were housed in Strode, women in Addison, and children in Thomas.  Patients in advanced stages were housed in partitioned off rooms in the rear of the building until construction of the Trinkle Infirmary in 1922.  As a state project the cottages were constructed of the cheapest materials, plainly furnished, and not expected to be in use for more then ten or twenty years at max.  As early as their first months of service problems in the hastily built structures became apparent.  The end began in 1939 with the opening of the WPA funded infirmary building; in 1950 the patients living in the rotted Addison and Thomas pavilions were finally moved to the west wing of the 1939 infirmary.  In 1951 all patients remaining in Strode were moved to the Trinkle Building.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191206042509/http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/wright.html The Cure Cottage by Roysin Billett]</ref>
  
When prominent Virginia Mason George W. Wright died in 1924, the Masonic lodges of the Commonwealth raised funds for construction of a pavilion in his name at Blue Ridge.  Several conditions were stipulated in their offer to the sanatorium (such as Masons and their families having priority for admission and would approve changes; the Masons would also provide the equipment for the treatment of patients).  On July 14, 1926 the cornerstone was lain for George W. Wright Building to great fanfare, with Masons and other dignitaries coming from all over the state.  Consisting of two floors, a basement, and a roof garden to provide patients with sun the brand new fireproof building held sixty patients.  Built to the same principle as the earlier wooden pavilions each floor had a single corridor with rooms and southern facing porches.  It also held a brand new treatment room, called the Alpine lamp, to expose patients to ultra-violet rays in hopes of curing the Tuberculosis in their body.  On the first floor was also an operating room where artificial pneuomothorax surgical procedures were performed.  Consisting of the lungs being deflated and allowed to rest it was considered the second best treatment after the open air treatment.  Completed in 1927 the Mason Relief Fund continued to support the building until the institution closed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191206042509/http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/wright.html The Early Institutionalization of Blue Ridge Sanatorium and the George W. Wright Pavilion by Richard Sucre]</ref>
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When prominent Virginia Mason George W. Wright died in 1924, the Masonic lodges of the Commonwealth raised funds for construction of a pavilion in his name at Blue Ridge.  Several conditions were stipulated in their offer to the sanatorium (such as Masons and their families having priority for admission and would approve changes; the Masons would also provide the equipment for the treatment of patients).  On July 14, 1926 the cornerstone was lain for George W. Wright Building to great fanfare, with Masons and other dignitaries coming from all over the state.  Consisting of two floors, a basement, and a roof garden to provide patients with sun the brand new fireproof building held sixty patients.  Built to the same principle as the earlier wooden pavilions each floor had a single corridor with rooms and southern facing porches.  It also held a brand new treatment room, called the Alpine lamp, to expose patients to ultra-violet rays in hopes of curing the Tuberculosis in their body.  On the first floor was also an operating room where artificial pneuomothorax surgical procedures were performed.  Consisting of the lungs being deflated and allowed to rest it was considered the second best treatment after the open air treatment.  Completed in 1927 the Mason Relief Fund continued to support the building until the institution closed.<ref>[http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/wright.html The Early Institutionalization of Blue Ridge Sanatorium and the George W. Wright Pavilion by Richard Sucre]</ref>
  
 
Another 1926 addition was the Children's Preventorium, also known as the Garrett Building, which replaced the Thomas pavilion as the primary facility for care of children.  Located some distance away from the main campus in an open field, it embodied the importance of separating the children from those adults suffering from advance stages of the disease.  Serving as a home, hospital, and school the patients were kept away from any potential further exposure.  Young patients received the same treatment as their seniors; open air sleeping on porches, exposure to the sun, and physical activity.  The hope was that if caught at a young age, rigorous treatment could prevent development of full on Tuberculosis.  Thanks to the agricultural activities of the Sanatorium, the preventorium was entirely self-sufficient.  Every effort was made to make the children feel at home with holiday parties and regular activities.  As a result of the 1944 Lymanhurst study which revealed no positive benefit to the preventorium plans began being made to close the Garrett Building, culminating in the final shut down June 1, 1950.  The building was last used to house male staff members before it was torn down in the late 1950s.<ref>[http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/preventorium.html The Garrett Building: An Architectural Record of the Children's Preventorium Movement by Rebecca Synder]</ref>
 
Another 1926 addition was the Children's Preventorium, also known as the Garrett Building, which replaced the Thomas pavilion as the primary facility for care of children.  Located some distance away from the main campus in an open field, it embodied the importance of separating the children from those adults suffering from advance stages of the disease.  Serving as a home, hospital, and school the patients were kept away from any potential further exposure.  Young patients received the same treatment as their seniors; open air sleeping on porches, exposure to the sun, and physical activity.  The hope was that if caught at a young age, rigorous treatment could prevent development of full on Tuberculosis.  Thanks to the agricultural activities of the Sanatorium, the preventorium was entirely self-sufficient.  Every effort was made to make the children feel at home with holiday parties and regular activities.  As a result of the 1944 Lymanhurst study which revealed no positive benefit to the preventorium plans began being made to close the Garrett Building, culminating in the final shut down June 1, 1950.  The building was last used to house male staff members before it was torn down in the late 1950s.<ref>[http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/preventorium.html The Garrett Building: An Architectural Record of the Children's Preventorium Movement by Rebecca Synder]</ref>

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