

Kellogg stated that "at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, the number of persons employed is never less than eight hundred, and often rises in the busiest season to more than one thousand". The sanitarium system Guests, staff, and buildings Īlong with high numbers of patrons, there was a large number of staff at Battle Creek.

Medical records have since been microfiched and are now kept by the nearby Fieldstone Center. In 1986, the radial wings of the main building (the solarium, gymnasium and swimming pool) were razed, and the Sanitarium entered into the final chapter of its history, which formally ended in 1993. Owned by the Seventh-day Adventists, the Battle Creek Sanitarium continued to operate as a psychiatric facility through the 1970s but closed its doors by the end of the decade. Army purchased the main building and established the Percy Jones General Hospital the hospital closed permanently in 1953 and one year later became the Battle Creek Federal Center. The institution went into receivership in 1933, and the Sanitarium started to vacate its main facility. In 1928, Battle Creek Sanitarium expanded with a 14-story high-rise with 265 guest rooms, called the "Towers", facing Champion Street. The Old Main burned down in 1902 and was rebuilt in stone, 5-story high and enlarged. In 1878, a new wooden structure known as the "Old Main" was built on the site, going through major redevelopments in 18. Kellogg stated the number of patients grew from 106 in 1866, to 7,006 patrons during the year 1906. In his words, "A change of two letters transformed 'sanatorium' to 'sanitarium', and a new word was added to the English language". Kellogg put it, they took the word " sanatorium", which then was defined as a health resort for invalid soldiers. John Harvey Kellogg became the medical superintendent, and his brother, W. The Sanitarium started on September 5, 1866, as the Western Health Reform Institute.
