8101 Dixie Hwy., Louisville, Kentucky. County/parish: Jefferson.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 12, 1983. NRIS 83002746.
Part of Jefferson County MRA (NRIS 64000231).
3 contributing buildings.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123847435