Line drawing of The Rest.

ID: 4372 ~ Source: National Archives and Record Administration  ~ Creator: Department of the Interior ~ Date: 1899
This file appears in: The Rest, Saint Elizabeths
Line drawing of The Rest.
This file appears in: The Rest, Saint Elizabeths

The Rest was constructed in 1882 and served as Saint Elizabeths mortuary and pathology lab. One of the most prominent figures to work in The Rest was Dr. Isaac Wright Blackburn. Blackburn was appointed special pathologist at the hospital in 1884,…