Freeport Nurses Residence
by Mike Falkner
This location was a part of the Freeport Sanitorium and was added to the complex in 1926 as a Nursing student residence. It was the first Georgian styled building constructed on the campus.
The Freeport Sanitorium originally opened as a military hospital treating tuberculosis patients during the Great War in 1916. By 1920, the facility had returned to civilian use. Subsequent expansion from 1926 through 1953 saw the construction of nurses residences, doctor's residence, treatment center, men's and women's residences, and other support buildings. In 1957 with declining patient admissions, Freeport became the first sanatorium in Ontario to initiate chronic-rehabilitative care for non-tubercular patients. In 1970 the tuberculosis division was closed, however the site remained to provide ongoing health services the the nearby community.
