Cherokee Landmark Building

The Cherokee stands before you as a striking example of early twentieth-century public health architecture. Completed in 1912, this complex was originally known as the Shively Sanitary Tenements and was designed with a singular, radical purpose: to serve as a home hospital for families suffering from tuberculosis. Philanthropist Anne Harriman Vanderbilt provided the funding to create this environment, which was intended to combat the city's tuberculosis crisis through the power of fresh air and sunlight.