Burkeville in Nottoway County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 6, 2026
1. Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium Marker
Piedmont Sanatorium opened in April 1918 as the first public residential facility in Virginia for African American patients with tuberculosis. More than 12,000 patients from across the state were treated here over the next five decades. The sanatorium offered residents an open-air treatment emphasizing rest, a healthy diet, and limited activities, including occupational therapy. Piedmont's nurse-training program, a two-year course that provided Virginia's only advanced training for African American women in tuberculosis care, graduated at least 350 nurses from 1920 to 1960. In 1967, the facility became Piedmont State Hospital, and tuberculosis care was gradually phased out.
Erected 2022 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number M-43.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1918.
Location. 37° 11.564′ N, 78° 10.462′ W. Marker is in Burkeville, Virginia, in
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Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont, in Southside Virginia, and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ella Graham Agnew (approx. one mile away); T. O. Sandy (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Ingleside Training Institute (approx. 1.3 miles away); Burkeville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Wilson-Kautz Raid (approx. 1.6 miles away); Burkeville Junction (approx. 1.6 miles away);
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 6, 2026
2. Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium Marker
Another marker is no longer nearby. Ingleside Training Institute (was approx. 1.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
