Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Lakeland Asylum

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 28, 2020

1. Lakeland Asylum Marker (Side A)

Inscription.
In 1873, the fourth Kentucky state mental hospital was established here. From a single brick building housing 370 patients, grew a campus of 15 buildings and 5000 patients, including a working farm & orchards. Buildings constructed in Tudor and Classical Revival styles and exemplified exceptional institut. architecture of the day.

Daily routine of patients began with medication, followed by the men working on the farm & grounds, while the women worked in the kitchen, laundry & as seamstresses. With fewer patients and buildings in disrepair, a new facility was built in 1986. The old campus was demolished in 1996. Site is now on E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park.

Erected 2009 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2308.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 38° 16.683′ N, 85° 33.267′ W. Marker is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. Marker can be reached from Lakeland Road. Marker is on circular drive off park entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2201 Lakeland Road, Louisville KY 40223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A Hospital to Cure the Incurable (here, next to this marker); Isaac Hite's Home / Isaac Hite (approx. 1.6 miles away); Berrytown (approx. 1.7 miles away); Forest Public School (approx. 1.8 miles away); Newland Log House (approx. 1.9 miles away); Berrytown Cemetery (approx. 1.9 miles away); Griffytown (approx. 2 miles away); Perryville Prelude (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Louisville.

Also see . . .
1. Central State Hospital (Kentucky). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Asset Detail | Central Kentucky Lunatic Asyluym. National Register of Historic Places registration and photographs. (Submitted on December 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Lakeland Asylum Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 28, 2020

2. Lakeland Asylum Marker (Side B)

Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (Circa 1880) image. Click for more information.

via Kentucky Historic Institutions, 1880

3. Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (Circa 1880)

Kentucky Historic Institutions website entry
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Lakeland Asylum Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 28, 2020

4. Lakeland Asylum Marker

Central State Hospital Administration Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Robert E. Stigers, November 25, 1933

5. Central State Hospital Administration Building

Courtesy University of Louisville Photographic Archives.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 647 times since then and 87 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on February 17, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4, 5. submitted on December 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.