About Clifton Springs Sanitarium
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures
Clifton Springs Sanitarium is a historic sanitarium building located at Clifton Springs in Ontario County, New York. Construction of the sanitarium building began in 1892 as a five-story ell-shaped 244-foot-long (74 m) brick structure in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The facade is eleven bays wide and terminated at each end by a conical tower with flat roof. A rectangular tower dominates the central bay. The building includes a chapel that has a favrile glass mosaic of the Last Supper designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. It was home to the Clifton Springs Water Cure promoted by Dr. Henry Foster, whose 1854 home, Foster Cottage, is located on the property. In 1974 it was converted to a senior citizens apartment building. The sanitarium building and Foster Cottage were later included as part of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium Historic District.
