Construction on the new Nurses’ Home began in April 24 and was finished at the cost of $262,000. “Hazelwood Will Treat Dual Ills.”, “Tuberculosis Facilities Are Filled In State.”. Although the Hazelwood Center still operates around it, the former TB hospital has been abandoned, and is in a state of disrepair.

Please respect their home. You should probably stay at home where it’s safe. At the time, the hospital was authorized to care for 40 TB patients—a relatively small number, compared to the nearby Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a state-run hospital that opened a few miles away in 1910. 27. A rendering of the proposed Children’s Building. Mom’s health was also negatively affected for the remainder of her life until her death in April, 1974, the month of the tornados. At the back of the building on the 2nd or 3rd floor, there was a room that I was informed the bloodletting room. Portions of the facility operate today as a mentally handicapped institution.

16 17 27 On average, 2,000 died from the disease each year. The camera obscura here is caused by the light of a sunset filtering through trees and then through holes in the boarded windows.

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This is true as long as the light striking the objects outside of the room reflects through the hole in the wall.

Waverly Hills has long been the crumbling headliner of Louisville, Kentucky’s architectural endangered list. while the building pictured is currently unused, it is on the grounds and in open view of a fully functioning state residential facility.

31 It was decided that patients could be relocated to a 62-bed floor at Louisville Memorial Hospital in a move that was to be “temporary.” The state proposed the construction of outpatient clinics at both the Memorial Hospital and the Louisville-Jefferson County Health Department, along with other sites in the region.

He was the youngest person to have a full Lobectomy and all 6 ribs on his left side. Hazelwood Sanatorium has had a number of names and purposes over the years. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=O8mzAAAAIAAJ, (1920).

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Sam. Sanatoriums. The 1950s brought another advancement to the Kentucky hospital as well, as Blacks began to be treated alongside whites.

32 34 The six hospitals, including Hazelwood, had a capacity of 900 beds. Philadelphia: WM.

The existing structure was to be remodelled to be housing for nurse assistants. 16, A fire in February 1912 destroyed Hazelwood Sanatorium. Photographs, text, illustrations and all other media not authored by KHI belong to their respective authors/owners/copyright holders and are used here for educational purposes only under Title 17 U.S. Code § 107. In 1962, when Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Hospital closed as a tuberculosis hospital and the remaining patients were transferred to Hazelwood.

The conversion of Hazelwood into a mental handicap facility began in July and was completed at the cost of $1 million. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=akGSwilkI7kC, Kleber, J.

Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=3tchAQAAMAAJ, K’Meyer, T. (2010).

Oh how do I remember Hazelwood, I was a patient There from November 1960 until June 1961.I Was blessed to make it out alive, because many people in there didn’t. 10 Streptomycin was first isolated in October 1943 by Albert Schatz, a PhD student in a laboratory at Rutgers University as part of a research project funded by Merck and Company. I remember very vividly that balcony/roof. Note: All content, photographs, stories and depictions at least 3 years old. Hazelwood Sanatorium is a cultural feature (hospital) in Jefferson County. Almost all of the doors and windows on the ground floor have been boarded, leaving the ground level very dark.

The 40-bed Elks Building was constructed in 1951. 147 in March 1944 that a statewide Tuberculosis Sanatoria Commission was established and that funding was provided for six 100-bed sanatoriums.

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18 The cost of a new fireproof building was estimated at $50,000 and an additional $20,000 was expected to be required for a surgical ward. 941-722-6635. My father remained in poor health and passed away in 1972 at the age of 70. Journal of Outdoor Life, 11, 316. National Tuberculosis Association. It was hoped that a permanent tuberculosis unit with about 80 beds could be included in plans for a new Louisville General Hospital. Part I: from Waksman to Waksman.”, Kingston, W (July 2004). Who would you contact about visiting the abandoned facility? A white, two-level building at Hazelwood Sanatorium, 1930. of Louisville Photographic Archives, 1994.18.0738.

Murphy & Brother, the three-story building included room for 70 beds, an X-ray department, an operating room for minor surgery, and a light therapy department. Hi Mrs. Graham, my father was at Hazelwood in 1949 and in Feb. 1950 he had a full left lung and 6 ribs taken out.

4 The development of the Association led to a fundraiser of $60,000 to acquire a large farm and residence in Hazelwood, 18 an emerging neighbourhood in the southern reaches of Louisville. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=PflYAAAAYAAJ, (1913). I am going to keep doing research until I find it. We have 5 children, 13 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren with 2 more on the way! A couple of us ventured through a time or two and these pictures really brought that memory back. They removed the top lobe of his left lung. “Hazelwood Sanatorium Closed.”, National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and Philip P. Jacobs.

It was a long narrow room and I believe a metal drain ran the width of the room.

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Louisville’s large African-American population was often the scapegoat for public officials looking to divert blame for city health problems. The term ‘camera obscura’ refers (in Latin) to any dark chamber, but as an imaging device invokes a centuries-old technique of projecting an image on a surface. 16.

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Also, why is it so hard for you to include addresses in your articles? Did you see or get any photos of that? A white, two-level building at Hazelwood Sanatorium, 1935.

The District Two Tuberculosis Sanatorium located in Louisville opened in 1907 thanks, in part, to the Kentucky Anti-Tuberculosis Association. It was through the efforts of William Carrier Nones, a prominent Louisville citizen, that the Kentucky Anti-Tuberculosis Association was formed in 1905.

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Holes in the wall mark where patient beds used to be, side by side, facing out the window.

University Press of Kentucky. 35, Initial treatment for tuberculosis included fresh air daily, a diet high in ascorbic acid, vitamin A, and protein, and bed rest. I do not want people to use this website as a stepping stone.

33, Bids to remove the closed Elks Building and the Mack-Hill Building was let in July 2018.

The state voted to convert Hazelwood into a mental handicap hospital 30 31 on January 15, 1971. 20 The $547,000 structure was also not equipped because of a lack of beds, X-ray equipment, sterilizers, and furnishings. I assume Hazelwood patients were transferred to Waverly Hills during the reconstruction.

In 1961 Waverly followed suit, sending its most serious patients to Hazelwood.

14. The Hazelwood Sanatorium opened in 1907, with a startlingly deficient 16 beds for Tuberculosis patients. He really would like to know more. “Kentucky.”, Trout, Allan M. “State to Triple Bed Capacity at Hazelwood.”, Crain Pub. Eventually there was no need for inpatient care of tuberculosis, so in 1971 the hospital was converted into a home for the severely mentally handicapped, the Hazelwood Center. 16 17 27. A history of the national tuberculosis association. The primary coordinates for Hazelwood Sanatorium places it within the KY 40215 ZIP Code delivery area.. Maps, Driving Directions & Local Area Information For over 17 years, Abandoned has been dedicated to documenting abandoned and historic properties across the United States.

I worked at Hazelwood in 1978.

Waverly Hills, in 1950, had 373 patients, but it had dropped to 293 patients by 1960. Ellenton, Fl.

there in the late 60’s!! i will have to ask why are you selling abandon things i mean i think they have the right to do what ever as long as they don´t have to pay more money than you any body has. I appreciate your time. My aunt died there in 1920. and played Mrs. Santa Clause

I worked for The Parks Dept. The state would take over the entire cost of treating indigent tuberculosis patients in the county at the cost of $600,000 per year. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC, Knopf, S. (1922). It was hoped that the fee would result in better conditions for patients but the hospital remained overcrowded. In The Encyclopedia of Louisville (p. 785). The rebuilt hospital did not seem to be lucky either, however. Both the city and county favoured combining the two facilities, which would save the city $352,000 per year and the county $216,000 per year. My father was patient at Hazelwood.

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