Boehne Camp Hospital

Boehne Camp Hospital traces to 1908, when a tent camp opened on the West Side of Evansville, in Vanderburgh County, to isolate tuberculosis patients and treat them with the fresh-air regimen then standard for the disease. Former Evansville mayor John Boehne, a determined campaigner against tuberculosis, was instrumental in funding permanent buildings, which were completed by 1912. The facility grew into one of the most important TB hospitals in Indiana.

The sanatorium's medical history is well documented. Dr. Paul Crimm joined in the 1920s and became superintendent in 1929, introducing thoracoplasty — a surgery that removed ribs to collapse diseased portions of the lungs. As effective antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis emerged in the 1940s, patient numbers fell steadily, and the facility became obsolete; the decision to close came in 1967.

After closure the complex declined. The main hospital building was razed in 2000. The administration building, however, still stands and was renovated into condominiums, making the surviving structure a private residence rather than an abandoned ruin. Historic Evansville, the Indiana Memory archive, and Evansville Living magazine all document the camp's history and its physical fate.

Because the surviving building is now someone's home, HauntBound treats this strictly as a history-and-folklore entry and a drive-by, not as a site to enter. Trespassing on the former grounds has historically drawn police reports.