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Eastern State Hospital (Kentucky)

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Eastern State Hospital, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is the second oldest Psychiatric Hospital in the United States. It operates today as a psychiatric hospital with 239 beds providing inpatient care. Eastern State Hospital is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, operated by the University of Kentucky's UK HealthCare and falls under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.The facility has been known as: Fayette Hospital (1817–1822), Lunatic Asylum (1822–1844), The Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (1844–1849), Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky (1850–1852), The Lunatic Asylum (1850–1852), The Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1852–1855), The Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Kentucky (1855–1858), The Kentucky Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1858–1864), Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1864–1867), The Kentucky Eastern Lunatic Asylum (1867–1873), The First Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (1873–1876), Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (1876–1894), Eastern Kentucky Asylum for the Insane (1894–1912), Eastern State Hospital (from 1912 onwards).

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Eastern State Hospital (Kentucky)
Bull Lea Road, Lexington

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Bull Lea Road 1350
40511 Lexington
Kentucky, United States
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