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Old Post Sanitarium
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About this site
Old Post Sanitarium is a historic place in Post, Garza County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 33 historic sites cataloged in Garza County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 33.1920, -101.3839 near Post. The nearest cataloged historic site is Post High School, Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Post, C.W., Home, Mason Memorial Building, and Post Sanitarium, Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2075001984. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Old Post Sanitarium was built in 1912 as the first modern hospital in West Texas, a two-story native-stone building with tall white columns that contained a laboratory, x-ray room, operating room and about twenty-five private patient rooms. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964 and later given to Garza County. The building survives intact on the National Register of Historic Places and now houses the Garza County Historical Museum, which preserves the original operating room and early medical equipment.
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