Baker Sanatorium is a historic

sanatorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ...

in Lumberton,

Robeson County, North Carolina Robeson County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of North Carolina and is its largest county by land area. Its county seat is and largest city is Lumberton. The county was formed in 1787 from part of Bladen County and named in ...

. It was built in 1920–1921, and is a -story, five bay, "T"-shaped

Mission Revival The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...

style brick building. The building features an arcaded porch, and the roofs are sheathed in

terra cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...

mission tiles. The hospital continued in operation until 1993. It has been converted to apartments. It was added to the

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in 1998.

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Hospitals in North Carolina Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Mission Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures completed in 1921 Buildings and structures in Robeson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Robeson County, North Carolina {{RobesonCountyNC-NRHP-stub