Allegheny Heights Hospital and Sanitarium

From Asylum Projects
Revision as of 21:22, 2 April 2011 by Elkinsstatehospital (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Allegheny Heights Hospital and Sanitarium
Established before 1920
Closed 1926(?)
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Single Building
Location Davis, WV
Architecture Style Victorian
Alternate Names
  • Allegany(sic) General Hospital
  • Allegany(sic) Hospital and Sanitarium



A privately owned hospital and sanitarium in the lumbering town of Davis, WV located in the Canaan Valley. It boasted a nursing school in the early to mid 1920s. The hospital was active until at least early 1926.[1] Presumably the location was chosen for it's altitude, which contemporaries believed were beneficial to the treatment of lung diseases.

See Also

Denmar Sanitarium

References