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The Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky), 17 June 1951, p.

The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), 20 March 1950, p.

The eight-room home for the medical director is beautifully decorated and completely equipped from the playroom basement all the way to the second floor.Ĭontributed by Shawn Logan | Works Cited ⁘ The northern end of each floor contained a solarium with yellow leatherette chaise lounges. The patients rooms were decorated in shades of golden buff, light rose and pastel blue. The operating room had the latest equipment and a dental clinical was located on the third floor. Each floor also contained a drug store and fluorescent lighting. Each floor also contained a service-kitchen, dining room for patients, and a dining room for hospital personnel all decorated in pastel shades. Minors were not allowed at any time, even with adults. Waiting rooms for visitors were located at the half-way point on the floors. Each of the floors containing patients had a registered nurse on duty at all times. There were two-bed and four-bed wards with no private rooms. Patients rooms were located on the second, third, and fourth floors. General offices were located in the main hospital’s second floor, including administrative offices. The first floor, in addition to the aforementioned areas, included an X-Ray reading and record room, gown and wash rooms, treatment room, utility rooms, combination beauty parlor and barber shop, storage rooms, X-Ray and developing room, two dining rooms for personnel (one finished in pink and one in blue), a large ultra-modern kitchen, and numerous other rooms. A plaque hanging on the wall revealed site selection date. This room had yellow-glazed tile walls, linoleum tile floor, and a noiseless celotex ceiling. The main hospital buildings were noted as being an “off-center T” and upon entering the main entrance, a patient or visitor would emerge into the admittance room or the outpatient clinic where all new patients are registered.

You can visit our Madisonville State Tuberculosis Hospital page for photos of the interior. Note: Each of the five “new” hospitals shared the same design and layout.

(From the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 20 March 1950)

Kentucky sanitarium