The Informer: New sanitarium was a sign of city’s rapid progress - American Press

The Informer: New sanitarium was a sign of city’s rapid progress - American Press

Lake Charles was rapidly advancing as a city in 1907 with new buildings marking her progress coming in rapid succession. Among those buildings was a sanitarium being built on Ryan Street near the Second Ward School. The building was designed to be “strictly fireproof,” according to the July 25, 1907, Lake Charles Daily American. “There is no wood casings, wainscoting or any other wooden ornamentation whatsoever in the interior,” the newspaper re…