Piedmont Sanatorium was a rest home for tubercular African Americans in Burkeville, Virginia from 1917 to 1965.
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Piedmont Sanatorium was established circa 1917 in Burkeville, Virginia as a rest home for blacks suffering from tuberculosis.
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By 1967, the Burkeville facility had been converted into Piedmont Geriatric Hospital.
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In 1917, the committee hired a real estate agent named Mr. Barnes to negotiate the purchase of a site in Burkeville, Virginia.
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The 123-bed geriatric hospital is located in Burkeville on the 300 acre (1.2 km²) site of the former Piedmont Sanatorium.