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The Nassau County Sanitarium was located in Old Bethpage, on Round Swamp Road and Old Country Road, a part of the Taliaferro Estate. The Sanitarium was designed specifically for tubercular patients. The area was noted for having the cleanest air for miles, as it was located in the "pine belt". The facility housed patients from children to adults for weeks, months and sometimes years to care for their affliction. On the premises they had nurses quarters as well as doctor's housing. As this illness was controlled the hospital was closed and was utilized for Nassau County office space, including Veteran's Affairs, Cornell cooperative Extension Service and a drug and alcohol abuse facility. In 2000 the entire facility was sold to Mr. Wang of Computer Associates for $28,000,000.