Waverly
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Checked off a bucket list item, and experienced a late-night tour of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, in Louisville, KY. Waverly opened in 1910, to house patients suffering from tuberculosis, and closed in 1961 when medical advancements rendered the building obsolete. The building's Gothic architecture is quite beautiful, but is home to an overwhelming amount of sadness. Estimates suggest more than 30-thousand have taken their last breaths here. I didn't get to see the front of the building, so below is from the rear. The sections missing (where you might expect to see) windows is intentional design, as is the shape of the structure. There was a belief that unrestricted sunlight and fresh air were vital parts of the treatment process.
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Checked off a bucket list item, and experienced a late-night tour of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, in Louisville, KY. Waverly opened in 1910, to house patients suffering from tuberculosis, and closed in 1961 when medical advancements rendered the building obsolete. The building's Gothic architecture is quite beautiful, but is home to an overwhelming amount of sadness. Estimates suggest more than 30-thousand have taken their last breaths here. I didn't get to see the front of the building, so below is from the rear. The sections missing (where you might expect to see) windows is intentional design, as is the shape of the structure. There was a belief that unrestricted sunlight and fresh air were vital parts of the treatment process.
Kris Lantz wrote:
The sections missing (where you might expect to see) windows is intentional design, as is the shape of the structure. There was a belief that unrestricted sunlight and fresh air were vital parts of the treatment process.
That would be a bit harsh on winter... brbrbrbrrr
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Kris Lantz wrote:
The sections missing (where you might expect to see) windows is intentional design, as is the shape of the structure. There was a belief that unrestricted sunlight and fresh air were vital parts of the treatment process.
That would be a bit harsh on winter... brbrbrbrrr
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
That was the standard treatment for tuberculosis in the 50s. The patients were in bed but all the windows were kept open. If the weather was not too bad then their beds were wheeled out of the wards into the hospital grounds. People were made of sterner stuff in those days.
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That was the standard treatment for tuberculosis in the 50s. The patients were in bed but all the windows were kept open. If the weather was not too bad then their beds were wheeled out of the wards into the hospital grounds. People were made of sterner stuff in those days.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
People were made of sterner stuff in those days.
I am not a Sissy, but still, winter here (and I suppose there) is not that easy. If you have not the possibility to be some hours a day in a somehow tempered room you end up bad.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
People were made of sterner stuff in those days.
I am not a Sissy, but still, winter here (and I suppose there) is not that easy. If you have not the possibility to be some hours a day in a somehow tempered room you end up bad.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I agree, although winter in the UK is generally less cold than it was when I was walking to school 70 years ago.
Was walking to and from school in England uphill both ways, as it was for me?
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Was walking to and from school in England uphill both ways, as it was for me?
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Checked off a bucket list item, and experienced a late-night tour of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, in Louisville, KY. Waverly opened in 1910, to house patients suffering from tuberculosis, and closed in 1961 when medical advancements rendered the building obsolete. The building's Gothic architecture is quite beautiful, but is home to an overwhelming amount of sadness. Estimates suggest more than 30-thousand have taken their last breaths here. I didn't get to see the front of the building, so below is from the rear. The sections missing (where you might expect to see) windows is intentional design, as is the shape of the structure. There was a belief that unrestricted sunlight and fresh air were vital parts of the treatment process.
It seems to be haunted ... The Death Tunnel of Waverly Hills Sanatorium • Ghost Files - YouTube[^] :-\
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It seems to be haunted ... The Death Tunnel of Waverly Hills Sanatorium • Ghost Files - YouTube[^] :-\
I can't say one way or the other... yet. The nighttime tour group was a bit too large to have anything exciting happen, I think. I'd like to go back with a smaller group and stay through the night, to see what sorts of experiences are to be had. I hadn't seen the Ghost Files investigation of the place, so thank you for the link.
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We lived on the lower side of a hill, so the walk to school was downhill until about half way and then flat. Uphill on the way home, but you never really noticed at that age.
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