Sea View Hospital opened in 1913 under the supervision of the Dept. of Hospitals of NYC as a sanatorium for 900 patients. At one time it was the largest tubercular hospital in the world with 65 buildings and a bed capacity of more than 2,000. In 1914, an annex to PS 30 was opened at Sea View to accomodate the many children who were patients there. In 1939 a Children's Hospital building was erected. In 1961 Sea View was closed for TB patients. Across the road from Sea View is the Farm Colony, which opened about 1829 as the Richmond County Almshouse. About 1903 it was transferred to the City Dept. of Public Charities as was designated as the New York City Farm Colony. The above information is from A Curriculum Research Report called STATEN ISLAND: A Resource Manual for School and Community.