National and State Register

Tilden School for Teaching Health

Denver County

The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. 

A black and white view of a few houses in the background and leafless trees standing before them with open field before that.

Tilden School for Teaching Health

The school was founded and operated by Dr. John Henry Tilden who developed and widely published the health techniques employed there.  The school is representative of early 20th century medical facility design as expressed by Denver architect Harry W.J. Edbrooke.