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Kentucky State Institute for the Education of Feeble-Minded Children


This institution would be known by various names over its years of operation in Frankfort;
Institute for the Education of Feeble Minded Children, Feeble Minded Institute, Kentucky
Training Home in 1945 and Frankfort Hospital & School in 1963.

Established by the legislature in 1860 as the  Kentucky State Institute for the Education of
Feeble Minded Children.

It was located on a sixty-acre tract of land on the southeast corner of Georgetown and
Glenn's Creek roads.  Mentally retarded children ages six to sixteen from any part of
the state were accepted without fee for a period up to ten years.

During the late 1890's the institution was struck by a series of fires; September 2, 1896,
May 3, 1897 and a third fire on September 17, which destroyed several frame buildings.
Students were given temporary housing on a local farm until reconstruction was completed
that year.

In 1958 the State Health Department was moved from Louisville to Frankfort.  August of
that year ground was broken for a new State Health Department building adjacent to the
grounds of the old Kentucky Training Home.

The facility was closed in the late 1960's - early 1970's.  All buildings, except part of the main
administrative building, were razed to make way for the state Human Resources building.
The old administrative building on Glen's Creek Road has been renovated and is used by
the state of Kentucky for office space.  

The old cemetery is located on the corner of Glen's Creek and Cold Harbor Roads. It is
surrounded by an iron fence and is maintained. Most burials are marked with a flat maker
engraved UNKNOWN - Frankfort Hospital & School.  Today, burials for 172 individuals have
confirmed on the institute property.

 If you have information about this facility or burials  there we would like to hear from you.

Kentucky Institute for Feeble Minded Children
Frankfort, Kentucky

Photo appeared in the annual report for Charitable Institutions
October 1, 1907 - June 30, 1909

Submitted by:  Mary Hatton

Above photos taken shortly before facility closed - not dated.  Judging from the cars photos may have been taken in the late 1960's or early 1970's.

Submitted by: Phil T.


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