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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesSilvercrest Sanitarium%u2014%u2014New Albany, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1938Built to treat tuberculosis patients in an institutional setting, rather than the resort-like atmosphere of health spas.Even when antibiotics first replaced the fresh-air cure, it continued to operate as it had until it closed in 1972.The building then housed the Silvercrest Children%u2019s Development Center to provide short-term care for childrenwith multiple handicaps. In 2007, plans were underway to convert the building into elderly housing.Silvercrest Sanitarium%u2014%u2014New Albany, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1938Built to treat tuberculosis patients in an institutional setting, rather than the resort-like atmosphere of health spas.Even when antibiotics first replaced the fresh-air cure, it continued to operate as it had until it closed in 1972.The building then housed the Silvercrest Children%u2019s Development Center to provide short-term care for childrenwith multiple handicaps. In 2007, plans were underway to convert the building into elderly housing.Sanitariums and Spas