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MINOT — Historian Ben Conant recently addressed a combined event of the Hebron and Minot historical societies at the West Minot grange hall — the venue for a pot luck dinner and briefing on the evolution of a sanatorium in Hebron.
The Maine Sanatorium Association began construction in 1902 of a hospital for the treatment of pulmonary disease known as tuberculosis — sometimes referred to as “consumption.” Greenwood Mountain in Hebron was chosen due to its physical location providing clean dry air thought to be beneficial to the treatment of this disease.
Minot had provided considerable manpower and support for the sanatorium operation since its inception in 1901. This institution, located on more than 400 acres of property, was designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, as the operation maintained a dairy, a piggery, an orchard and numerous vegetable crops to support a patient capacity of up to 150 people.
After nearly 60 years of providing TB care, the Hebron facility closed in 1959 with patients being transferred to the Fairfield Sanatorium, which also closed a few years later due to the waning need for hospitalization for this disease.
Publications covering the history of the sanatorium have been published through the Hebron Historical Society and were available to attendees for purchase. For more information about the historical societies, call 207-966-2023 or email rockman@megalink.net.
