| ID# | ORIGINAL USE: Sanitarium | PRESENT USE: None | CURRENT OWNER: City of Boerne | OWNERS: Sisters of Incarnate Word | LOCATION: Town Lot: # | DATE: c1896 Style/Period:Resort | HISTORICAL DESIGNATION: NA |
| BUILDER: | CONSTRUCTED OF: Wood; metal roof; 6x6 windows | CONDITION: Torn down | DESCRIPTION: Three story, steep roof; porches down stairs and upstairs with decorated posts; balustrades around upstairs porch; portico on south end. Rock wall enclosing the front yard. |
HISTORY: This old structure at one time occupied a prominent place
on our Main Street. It was located at the top of the hill on the east side of
Main Street opposite St. Helena's Episcopal Church. It was operated by the
Sisters of The Incarnate Word.
St. Mary's Sanitarium was founded in 1896.
Over the years it grew from its 20-bed beginning to 50 beds. Persons with
pulmonary trouble, especially tuberculosis, came for treatment to the Boerne
area. At the time tuberculosis, known as "white plague," was considered the most
destructive disease of man, with one out of every seven people dying from it. It
was believed the Hill Country held miraculous cures, so Boerne became a health
resort with several sanitariums.
This building was torn down (or burned)
about 1924. The site which this building and Holy Angels Academy occupied has
been the property of the Nordan family for many years.(Note: Until recently this
family owned 711 Ranch).
The City of Boerne has purchased this property on which to build Administrative Offices and a Library.
Source: Boerne Public Library files.- December, 2007
Catholic Nuns and the Patients
in St. Mary's Sanitarium in 1920
| Page | Line | NAME | AGE | GENDER | OCCUPATION | PLACE OF BIRTH |
| 10B | 82 | Sister Mary Assumption | 47 | F | Assistant | Ireland |
| 10B | 83 | Sister Mary Louis | 55 | F | Assistant | Ireland |
| 10B | 84 | Sister Benedict | 57 | F | Assistant | Germany |
| 10B | 85 | Sister Mt. Carmel | 58 | F | Assistant | Texas |
| 10B | 86 | Sister Natalia | 50 | F | Assistant | Mexico |
| 10B | 87 | Sister Batiste | 35 | F | Assistant | Germany |
| 10B | 88 | Sister Priscilla | 31 | F | Assistant | Germany |
| 10B | 89 | Sister Bridgetine | 29 | F | Assistant | Ireland |
| 10B | 90 | Sister Lineles | 30 | F | Assistant | Germany |
| 10B | 91 | Sister Regina | 30 | F | Assistant | Texas |
| 10B | 92 | Carnes, Sadie | 32 | F | Patient | Texas |
| 10B | 93 | Scott, Gertrude | 39 | F | Patient | Texas |
| 10B | 94 | Smith, Leonora | 40 | F | Patient | Texas |
| 10B | 95 | Cartey, William D. | 46 | M | Patient | Texas |
| 10B | 96 | Kutz, Maria | 23 | F | Patient | Texas |
| 10B | 97 | Tindell, Florence | 42 | F | Patient | LA |
| 10B | 98 | Gallagher, John | 31 | M | Patient | Ireland |
| 10B | 99 | Mccoy | 25 | M | Patient | - |
| 10B | 100 | Wilson, Lorane | 33 | F | Patient | NCOD |
| llA | 1 | Shores, Joseph B | 34 | M | Patient | GA |
| llA | 2 | Morris, Roy E. | 32 | M | Patient | AR |
| llA | 3 | Carney, Ray S. | 27 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 4 | Oakley, George | 22 | M | Patient | MO |
| llA | 5 | Hughes, Madison R. | 29 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 6 | Woodward, John J | 26 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 7 | Richardson, Isa | 28 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 8 | Barzeno, Jake | M | Patient | AR | |
| llA | 9 | Whipple, Jerome | 23 | M | Patient | MO |
| llA | 10 | Shanofsky, Eddie | M | Patient | Texas | |
| llA | 11 | Fortune, Ernst G. | 37 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 12 | Schakelford, Henry E. | 29 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 13 | McFarland, | 20 | M | Patient | Kansas |
| llA | 14 | Palmer, William | 27 | M | Patient | TN |
| llA | 15 | Busch, M. L. | 29 | M | Patient | AR |
| llA | 16 | Mahaffey, Ames L. | 26 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 17 | Pool, George | 37 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 18 | Massey, E.E. | 28 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 19 | Austin, Jim A. | 26 | M | Patient | WI |
| llA | 20 | Briggs, Johnson | 28 | M | Patient | Texas |
| llA | 21 | Ripley, James L. | 22 | M | Patient | AR |
| llA | 22 | Steinard, Alex D. | 9 | M | Patient | TX |
| llA | 23 | Stone, Joseph M | 20 | M | Patient | GA |
| llA | 24 | McCleod, Catherine | 48 | M | boarder | Ireland |
| llA | 25 | Hannigan, Patrick J. | 54 | M | Boarder | Ireland |
Note: The quality of our copy is very poor making some names illegible.