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Molly Stark Tuberculosis Sanatorium Louisville Ohio

On August 23, 1929, Molly Stark Sanatorium opened its doors to the public, providing care to residents of Stark County suffering from tuberculosis. Named in honor of the wife of General John Stark, for whom Stark County is named. Molly Stark stood as one of 25 tuberculosis hospitals in the State of Ohio. Beyond structural improvements, other changes affected Molly Stark beginning in 1956. As medical science had allowed for great advances in identifying and treating tuberculosis, the need for Molly Stark to operate solely as a tuberculosis facility diminished. The last of the remaining tuberculosis patients were transferred to the newly built J.T. Nist nursing home in 1970. The hospital continued operating until 1995, when due to aging infrastructure and a diminished need the doors of Molly Stark were shuttered. The building sat abandoned, left alone but not forgotten. April of 2009 brought a new life to the old Molly Stark property. Purchased from the Stark County Commissioners for the sum of one dollar, Stark Parks opened the new Molly Stark Park as a publicly accessibly county park on the former hospital site.