1909 - Rooftop garden, Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium

A rooftop garden was just one feature of the grand and ornate Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium, opened on October 14, 1909. It was one of the most modern medical facilities in the Southwest. Among the amenities in the building were push-button elevators just large enough for one person and one centrally located elevator that was seven feet square. The building also included a central vacuum system, 25 house telephones, a power plant, a temperature regulation system, an artesian well, and a roof garden for use by convalescents.