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Interpines was a private hospital located in Goshen, New York, a village of three thousand inhabitants (in 1940). Interpines was founded in 1890 by F. W. Seward Sr and subsequently directed by his son until closing in 1959. The core of the Sanitarium was a Victorian mansion which, together with surrounding gardens provided a unique environment for the residing patients. == History == Robert Berdell was a man of many successful business and financial enterprises who in 1864 became President of the Erie Railroad. For his home, he purchased the site of the General George Wickham house, which was built in 1774 on Main Street in Goshen. Berdell's house, very expensive and ornate in mid-Victorian style, was completed in 1867. Berdell's occupation of the house terminated in 1876 following an altercation with two brothers of the Murray family; one was shot and killed by Berdell.〔New York Times, July 22, 1876〕〔Albany Law Journal XXVIII, 364, Weed Parsons & Co., Albany , 1884〕 Berdell then sold his holdings in Goshen and the house was vacant, except for a caretaker, for eight years. The next owner was the Goshen Sanitarium Company in 1889. A year later, Seward added a north wing to the house and established the Interpines Sanitarium, first known as ''Dr. Seward's Home for Invalids''.〔The New York Medical Times Vol 21 no. 9, page xix, E.P. Coby & Co, 1893〕 Although intended as a general health care home, it soon developed into a hospital specializing in "Disorders of the Nervous System".〔Long Island Medical Journal (1909) Vol 3, page 519〕 Following his death in 1925, Seward's son, Frederick. W. Seward Jr., further enlarged the hospital by adding a second building in 1926. The Sanitarium could accommodate up to seventy patients and gave employment to an equal number of people, many of whom were from local families. It was one of the larger businesses of Goshen. It provided care and treatment with homelike surroundings. People came to Interpines mostly from the metropolitan areas of New York City and northern New Jersey.〔F. T. Seward (Resident Physician 1930-1949), papers on file Goshen Library and Historical Society〕 The extensive grounds and gardens with the large parlors of the main building were used by local groups for meetings and functions. The institution is gone now, out of business in 1959 due to changing times and deterioration. The buildings were razed and the site scraped clean in 1964 for development of the Orange County Government Center and a jail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interpines sanitarium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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