The core of the sanitarium was a Victorian mansion, which together with surrounding gardens provided a unique environment for the residing patients.

For his home, he purchased the site of the General George Wickham house, which was built in 1774 on Main Street in Goshen.

[4] Although intended as a general health care home, it soon developed into a hospital[5] specializing in "Disorders of the Nervous System".

The sanitarium could accommodate up to seventy patients and gave employment to an equal number of people, many of whom were from local families.

[8][9] The extensive grounds and gardens with the large parlors of the main building were used by local groups for meetings and functions.

The buildings were razed and the site scraped clean in 1964 for development of the Orange County Government Center and a jail.

There were also small structures left from the original estate: a greenhouse, a pigeon coop, an aviary, and two summer pavilions.

[10] The original house with additions contained two wards for patients, an administrative office, and apartments for the families of the owner and two resident physicians.

The main house occupied a rise in the ground and was reached by a long drive stretching from one front corner to the other.

Further in back there was a third lily pond - long and narrow and in a natural setting, no side walls and water level flush with the grass.