Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic Buildings

8101 Dixie Hwy., Louisville, Kentucky. County/parish: Jefferson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 12, 1983. NRIS 83002746.

3 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital. The Sanatorium opened in 1910 as a two-story facility able to accommodate between 40 and 50 tuberculosis patients. The hospital closed in 1961, due to the success of antibiotic drug streptomycin in lowering the needs for such a facility. At some point, plans were made to turn the abandoned hospital into a hotel, but this is no longer the case.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123847435

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