Lakeland Asylum

Kentucky's fourth state mental hospital was established here in 1873. From a single brick building housing 370 patients, it grew into a campus of 15 buildings and 5000 patients, including a working farm and orchards. Its Tudor and Classical Revival buildings exemplified exceptional institutional architecture of the day. Patients' daily routine began with medication, followed by men working on the farm and grounds while women worked in the kitchen, laundry, and as seamstresses. With fewer patients and buildings in disrepair, a new facility was built in 1986, and the old campus was demolished in 1996. The site is now in E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.

Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), Kentucky · United States