1. Waverly Hills Sanatorium

2. Waverly Hills Sanatorium History Location Property Map Timeline Video Hauntings BibliographyTable of Contents 3. Waverly Hills Sanatorium sits on land that was originally purchased byMajor Thomas H. Hays in 1883. Major Hays was in need of a school forhis daughters to attend, so he started a one room school house thatwas located on Pages Lane. He hired a woman named Lizzie LeeHarris to teach at the school. Her love for the tiny school in addition toher fondness for Scotts "Waverley Novels", prompted her to name thelittle school house, "Waverley School." Major Hays liked the name,and chose to name his property "Waverley Hill." The Board ofTuberculosis Hospital kept the name after purchasing the land andopening the Sanatorium.Architects: James J. Gaffney (18631946)Dennix Xavier Murphy (18541933)History 4. 4400 Paralee Drive, Louisville, KY 40272Location 5. Property Map 6. Originally, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was a two-story frame building, witha hipped roof and half timbering. Construction on this building began in1908, and opened for business on July 26, 1910. The building wasdesigned to safely accommodate 40-50 tuberculosis patients. At the time,tuberculosis was a very serious disease. People who were afflicted withtuberculosis were isolated from the general public and placed in an areawhere they could rest, stay calm, and have plenty of fresh air.Sanatoriums were built on high hills surrounded by peaceful woods tocreate a serene atmosphere to help the patients recover.Reason Waverly Hills was Constructed 7. 1908: construction begins on the original Waverly Hills Sanatorium 7/26/1910: original Waverly Hills Sanatorium opens, reaches overflowquickly, creating need for larger hospital 3/1924: new facilities begin construction 10/17/1926-1961: Waverly Hills in operation as a tuberculosis treatmentcenter 1961-1963: hospital is remodeled 1963-1980: in operation as Woodhaven Geriatrics Center 1980: Woodhaven is shut down because of reported and proven patientabuse; hospital is permanently closed as a working facility 2001: current owners (the Mattinglys) purchase the property and beginrestorations Present: the site has been home to ghost hunts and still hosts historicaltours.Timeline Of Waverly 8. What made Waverly the premiere TB hospital in the country was its highlyskilled staff of nurses and doctors. The best in the world were here to helpthose afflicted with TB. They were a group of very dedicated people. Theyhad to stay on the premises because TB was such a contagious disease.These people actually risked their lives in their efforts to save the lives oftuberculosis patients.A Look At Past Staff... 9. In addition to caring for the patients, the staff had to live on the grounds of WaverlyHills. They were not allowed to return to the general public to reduce the risk ofspreading tuberculosis. TB was highly contagious and was an air-borne illness. Thenurses dormitory sat by itself at the far end of the property.The photo above shows the Nurses building in the background. Primarily, you see thewindows and exterior of the Sanatorium cafeteria. But, if you look closely at thebackground, youll see a portion of the nurses building in the upper left hand corner ofthe photo.Staff Contd. 10. -Some urban legends claim that "100,000 deaths" occurred at theSanatorium.-According to Assistant Medical Director Dr. J. Frank W. Stewart, the highestnumber of deaths in a single year at Waverly Hills was 152. Stewart wrotethat the worst time for deaths was at the end of the Second World War whentroops were returning from overseas with very advanced tuberculosis cases.-Some independent researchers suggest that since 162 people died atWaverly Hills in 1945, the highest total number of deaths possible over 50years was approximately 8,212.Waverly Hills Patients1926 - NEVER! 11. What is now called the body chute is actually a tunnel that leads from the hospitalto the railroad tracks at the bottom of the hill. Originally, this was built as nothingmore than an underground tunnel to ship coal and food/produce up the hill to thehospital more efficiently. However, as the deaths continued to rise, the staff thoughtof another use. One side of the tunnel is concrete steps, while the other sideconsisted of a motorized rail and cable system. Eventually, this is where the bodiesof the dead would be placed on gurney tables and lowered to the bottom of thetunnel where hearses would picked them up for funeral arrangements.Death Tunnel 12. This tunnel was totally enclosed from the morgue wing of thehospital insuring that the patients would not see how many bodieswere leaving the hospital to keep up their morale. Doctorsdiscovered early that mental health in patients is just as importantas physical health. This tunnel is approximately 500 feet long, andhas air vents every few feet to let in light and fresh air. It has beensaid that the tunnel was large enough to hold all the patients andstaff as a bomb shelter during both World Wars if needed. 13. Ghost researchers are always drawn to the fifth floor of the former hospital.The fifth floor consisted of two nurses stations, a pantry, a linen room,medicine room and two medium-sized rooms on both sides of the twonurses stations. One of these, Room 502, is the subject of many rumorsand legends and just about every curiosity-seeker that had broken intoWaverly Hills over the years wanted to see it. This is where, according tothe stories, people have jumped to their deaths, have seen shapes movingin the windows and have heard disembodied voices that order trespassersto get out.In 1932, another nurse who worked in Room 502was said to have jumped from the roof patio andplunged several stories to her death. No oneseems to know why she would have done this butmany have speculated that she may have actuallyhave been pushed over the edge. There are norecords to indicate this but rumors continue topersist. Haunting of Room 502 14. During a less than five year period, members of the Louisville Ghost Hunters Societyexperienced ghostly sounds, heard slamming doors, saw lights appear in the buildingwhen there should have been none, had objects thrown at them, were struck byunseen hands, saw apparitions in doorways and corridors and moreHauntings 15. One of the legends told of Waverly Hills involves a man in a white coat who has been seenwalking in the kitchen and the smell of cooking food that sometimes wafts through theroom. During their initial visit, they found the kitchen was a disaster, a ruin of brokenwindows, fallen plaster, broken tables and chairs and puddles of water and debris thatresulted from a leaking roof. The cafeteria had not fared much better. It was also in ruinsand the team quickly retreated. Before they could do so though, several of them reportedthe sounds of footsteps, a door swinging shut and the smell of fresh baked bread in the air.A quick search revealed that no one else was in the building and there was certainly no onecooking anything in the kitchen. They could come up with no logical explanation for whathad occurred. The Man in The White Coat 16. The Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Louisville Kentucky has it all--cold spots, disembodied voices, and ghosts roaming the halls.It sits on a great hill overlooking the city and seems like areigning fortress of gloom in its eerie, decaying state. Theatmosphere is further darkened by a chilling history of massdeath and of patient abuse during the years it was used as ageriatric hospital. 17. In 2001, Charlie and Tina Mattingly purchased the sanatorium where Charlies dadhad worked as an orderly for about four years during the time it was thetuberculosis hospital. They opened the building up to the public and conducthistorical tours, paranormal tours and even overnight stays. Waverly HillsSanatorium has since become one of the favored hot-spots for paranormalresearchers from all over the United States and perhaps even further. Theremust be good reason why this building has become so widely talked about inthe ghost hunting community! Waverly Today 18. Just think about This Do you believe the lingering stories andhauntings of Waverly or do you think itsall a big joke and money scam I guess youll never truly know till you gothere and find out. 19. Bibliography2001, this once regal, and the. "Waverly Hills Sanitarium." ZzzipNet News.N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.."Energy Management PowerPoint Template | Free Powerpoint Templates."2010+ Free Powerpoint Templates PPT and Free PowerPoint Backgrounds.N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2012. ."Ghost Hunters Ohio Search Team ghosts investigations." Ghost Hunters OhioSearch Team ghosts investigations. N.p., n.d. 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