Baker Sanatorium

Baker Sanatorium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Baker Sanatorium, December 2014
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Location	Jct. of 14th and Chestnut Sts., Lumberton, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°37′38″N79°0′25″W / 34.62722°N 79.00694°W / 34.62722; -79.00694
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1920 (1920)-1921
Built by	Burney Bros.
Architect	McCarl, Roger C.
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001240[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1998

Baker Sanatorium is a historic sanatorium in Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina. It is named for Dr Horace M Baker, who opened the hospital in 1921.^[2] The sanatorium was built in 1920–1921, and is a 3+1⁄2-story, five-bay, T-shaped Mission Revival-style brick building. The building features an arcaded porch, and the roofs are sheathed in terra cotta mission tiles. The hospital continued in operation until 1993.^[3] It has been converted to apartments.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "History". UNC Health Southeastern. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
3. Edward F. Turberg (June 1998). "Baker Sanatorium"(pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.