U.S. Marine Hospital

Built between 1845 and 1852 during the zenith of steamboat and river commerce, the U.S. Marine Hospital in Louisville served boatmen on the Western waterways. Designed by Robert Mills, one of the first American-born professionally trained architects, it was the prototype for seven other marine hospitals funded by the U.S. Congress. Major Stephen Harriman Long of the U.S. Topographic Engineers, an explorer, railroad engineer, and inventor, supervised its construction. The hospital is the only surviving example of inland U.S. Marine hospitals. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997 for its place in maritime and public health history.

Louisville, Kentucky · United States