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Eastern State Hospital located in Lexington Kentucky is the second oldest psychiatric hospital in the United States operating today as a psychiatric hospital with 197 beds providing exclusively inpatient care.The facility has been known variously as Fayette Hospital (from 1817 until 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) and Eastern State Hospital (from 1912 onwards).