Frankfort, KY, United States
Frankfort State Hospital and School Cemetery. In 1860, Gov. Magoffin signed a bill establishing the Kentucky Institution for the Education and Training of Feeble-Minded Children. In the 1940s, the name changed to the Kentucky Training Home. Adults were admitted and housed with the children due to ov
ercrowding. Capacity was 616, but rose to 1129 residents. (Reverse) By 1963, the name changed to Frankfort State Hospital and School. It closed in 1972. Many residents spent their entire lives here wo
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