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Subject: Brandywine Sanitorium
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:02:46 EDT

In a message dated 9/9/02 8:53:44 AM Central Daylight Time,
writes:


> Karen,
> Can you tell me where in Marshallton this Sanitarium was?
> Sharon
>

Dear Sharon,

If you mean the Brandywine Sanitorium (spelled with 'o' not 'a'), and IF it
was the institution which was later dedicated to and eventually named the
Emily P. Bissell Hospital (and I THINK it was), then I would assume it was
located where the current Emily P. Bissell Hospital facilities are located.
They have pages in the State of Delaware's Health and Social Services
collection of websites which lists the address of Delaware Healt and Social
Services, Emily P. Bissell Hospital Campus, Building A/Main Building, 3000
Newport Gap Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808. Phone: (302) 995-8400.
It's been a very long time since I have lived in Delaware and others
may be of more help, but if memory serves me right, the Newport Gap Pike is
route 41 which intersects with route 2 (Kirkwood Highway between Newark and
Wilmington) a little southwest of Wilmington.. . . (but it might be route
141 -- what can I say? my brain is aging)
.

If I did not give you this website address before, look at this page from the
Delaware Archives on the for a brief statement about the State Tuberculosis
Commission. It states the Brandywine Sanitorium was taken over by the state
in 1925 and that it became part of the Emily P. Bissell Hospital. It does
not clarify when the Sanitorium became part of Emily Bissell, nor whether
Emily Bissell was even constructed yet. Perhaps there were two separate
locations; perhaps the Brandywine Sanitorium was the same building as the
Emily P. Bissell Hospital. Maybe a call to the administration offices listed
above could solve that mystery. Here is primary website:
http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/aghist/Frame.htm. After you get
there, click on the STATE TUBERCULOSIS COMMISSION which is listed in the left
hand column.

Karen

In the 1930 census, the Brandywine Sanitorium is listed separately and is
included in ED 2-98 ( the eastern part of Mill Creek Hundred -- see
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/internet/ed.htm





Building A/Main Building

3000 Newport Gap Pike, Building A/Main Building
Wilmington, DE 19808
DPH: (302) 995-8400
DMS HRM: (302) 995-8400, ext. 8456

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