Dale Clark is the director of tours at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. He will join Charlotte to talk about the hauntings and findings of scientific investigations at the facility.
The Waverly Hills Sanitorium was opened in 1926. Patients were housed there until 1961.
Originally, it was a two-story frame building with a hipped roof and half-timbering. Construction on the building began in 1908 and opened for business on July 26, 1910.
The building was designed to accommodate 40-50 tuberculosis patients safely. At the time, tuberculosis was a very serious disease. People who were afflicted with tuberculosis were isolated from the general public and placed in an area where they could rest, stay calm, and have plenty of fresh air. Sanatoriums were built on high hills surrounded by peaceful woods to create a serene atmosphere to help the patients recover.
Eventually the facility house 140 patients
After closing down in 1961, it quarantined, then renovated. In 1962, the building reopened as a nursing home that eventually became known as Woodhaven Medical Services, a geriatric facility. WoodHaven Medical was closed by the state in 1981.
Over the next few decades, Waverly Hills would fall into more dark times. Vandalized, damaged, nearly condemned. Previous property owners had no desire to maintain the luster of the building and did little to stop people from slowly destroying her.
But in 2001, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was purchased and since then, there have been many changes and improvements to the building and surrounding property.
The property reportedly has its share of paranormal activity including slamming doors, the apparition of a man in white, a little boy roams the halls, and doctors long gone are sad to walk the halls as well as patients.
