Leper Hospital (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathryn J Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The St. Croix Leper Hospital was in operation from 1888 to 1954. In 1954 the place facility was closed and many buildings were removed. In the 1960s, some of the remaining buildings were renovated and new homes were built to become the LBJ Gardens housing complex, which was occupied through 2014. During archaeological investigations searching for buildings and artifacts associated with...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kimberly L. Breyfogle. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. From 1888 to 1954, the Danish colonial and later US governments of St. Croix operated a leper hospital on the island. Residents were often admitted for extended periods of time with many living there for decades prior to death and burial in the Christiansted Cemetery. Throughout their residency, patients likely formed family-like relationships within the hospital community and maintained...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Todd Ahlman. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1888, the Danish government established a leper hospital on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, that was rebuilt in 1909, updated and expanded in the 1930s as part of the New Deal, and closed in 1954. In the 1960s, some buildings were removed, and others reused as part of the LBJ Gardens housing development that was occupied until around 2014. Archaeological, geophysical, and historical...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicolle M. Rivera Santos. Ashley H. McKeown.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Danish government established a leper hospital on the island of St. Croix in 1888 that operated until 1954. This research focuses on the healthcare and mortality of the St. Croix Leper Hospital residents. To establish a mortality profile for the resident population, name, age, and date of death for 240 residents from burial notices published in the St. Croix Avis newspapers from 1889...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amber N Vinson. Todd M Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The St. Croix Leper Hospital operated from 1888 through 1954. During this time, St Croix was occupied by Danish and United States governments, so understanding the global influence on the site is important. Most of the buildings occupied and used by the residents are no longer extant as all but four buildings and two cisterns were removed in the 1960s for a housing complex. Turning to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eileen A Brickell. Todd Ahlman.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) at the St. Croix Leper Hospital in the U.S. Virgin Islands has revealed new data for comparison to other locations in the Caribbean. At leper asylums/hospitals on St. Kitts, St. Eustatius, and Hassel Island, St. Thomas individuals with leprosy were buried in cemeteries on the grounds of these leper facilities. Based on public records in local newspapers,...