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|Body= Designed by prominent Toledo architect, Edward O. Fallis, the [[Toledo State Hospital|Toledo Asylum for the Insane]] opened for occupancy in 1888, with Dr. Henry A. Tobey as superintendent. It was built on 150 acres of land located at the corner of Arlington and Detroit Avenues, and its design was based upon the cottage model which was a revolutionary concept at the time.  
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|Body= Land was bought by the commonwealth from the Hite family in 1869 to build a state house of reform for juvenile delinquents. In 1873 the Gerneral Assembly authorized it's conversion to the Fourth Lunatic Asylum due to severe overcrowding at Eastern & Western State Hospitals. By 1900 the hospital had been renamed '[[Central State Hospital Louisville|Central Kentucky Asylum for the Insane]]'.  
 
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Revision as of 03:32, 8 October 2012

Featured Image Of The Week

Lakeland9.jpg
Land was bought by the commonwealth from the Hite family in 1869 to build a state house of reform for juvenile delinquents. In 1873 the Gerneral Assembly authorized it's conversion to the Fourth Lunatic Asylum due to severe overcrowding at Eastern & Western State Hospitals. By 1900 the hospital had been renamed 'Central Kentucky Asylum for the Insane'.