Waverly Hills Sanatorium
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Valley Traditional High School.
Valley Traditional High School
School
Valley High School is a high school in the Valley Station area of Louisville, Kentucky. Valley Traditional High School is situated 2 miles southwest of Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waverly Hills and Prairie Village.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
- Type: Locality
- Description: former hospital in Kentucky, United States
- Categories: hospital and former hospital
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.12396° or 38° 7′ 26″ north
Longitude
-85.8408° or 85° 50′ 27″ west
Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)
Open location code
86CP45F5+HM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Waverly Hills Sanatorium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مصحة ويفرلي هيلز”
- Czech: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
- Dutch: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
- Estonian: “waverly hills”
- French: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
- German: “Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic Buildings”
- Italian: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
- Polish: “Waverly Hills”
- Portuguese: “sanatorio van guard”
- Russian: “Waverly Hills Hospital”
- Slovak: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
- Spanish: “Waverly Hills Sanatorium”
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Places to explore: Valley and Pleasure Ridge Park.
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