In a message dated 9/9/02 8:53:44 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Karen, > Can you tell me where in Marshallton this Sanitarium was? > Sharon > Dear Sharon, If you mean the Brandywine Sanitorium (spelled with 'o' not 'a'), and IF it was the institution which was later dedicated to and eventually named the Emily P. Bissell Hospital (and I THINK it was), then I would assume it was located where the current Emily P. Bissell Hospital facilities are located. They have pages in the State of Delaware's Health and Social Services collection of websites which lists the address of Delaware Healt and Social Services, Emily P. Bissell Hospital Campus, Building A/Main Building, 3000 Newport Gap Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808. Phone: (302) 995-8400. It's been a very long time since I have lived in Delaware and others may be of more help, but if memory serves me right, the Newport Gap Pike is route 41 which intersects with route 2 (Kirkwood Highway between Newark and Wilmington) a little southwest of Wilmington.. . . (but it might be route 141 -- what can I say? my brain is aging) . If I did not give you this website address before, look at this page from the Delaware Archives on the for a brief statement about the State Tuberculosis Commission. It states the Brandywine Sanitorium was taken over by the state in 1925 and that it became part of the Emily P. Bissell Hospital. It does not clarify when the Sanitorium became part of Emily Bissell, nor whether Emily Bissell was even constructed yet. Perhaps there were two separate locations; perhaps the Brandywine Sanitorium was the same building as the Emily P. Bissell Hospital. Maybe a call to the administration offices listed above could solve that mystery. Here is primary website: http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/collections/aghist/Frame.htm. After you get there, click on the STATE TUBERCULOSIS COMMISSION which is listed in the left hand column. Karen In the 1930 census, the Brandywine Sanitorium is listed separately and is included in ED 2-98 ( the eastern part of Mill Creek Hundred -- see http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/internet/ed.htm Building A/Main Building 3000 Newport Gap Pike, Building A/Main Building Wilmington, DE 19808 DPH: (302) 995-8400 DMS HRM: (302) 995-8400, ext. 8456