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Located in downtown Barbourville, Kentucky, Dr. Leslie Logan established the Logan Hospital to meet the medical needs of the underserved community. As the first facility of its kind in the city, Logan Hospital was completed in 1922 and was a modern building filled with modern medical equipment. In 1920, Dr. Logan operated a hospital-type clinic above the Sears & Croley stores in rented, upstairs quarters where four beds were available for patient use. A Mountain Advocate reporter noted that, “the building and equipment are worth $25,000 at least, and it is doubtful whether it could be bough with that amount for cash in hand. The building, a two story brick structure, is handsome and conveniently located, and the interior is well arranged. It is a new structure which was completed in October of [1922].”

Prior to building the new hospital, Dr. Logan faced innumerable roadblocks. Primarily, funding was the source of issues as a building and equipment of this type was incredibly cost prohibitive. He “possessed that splendid quality, self-reliance, and went ahead and in a brief season he had every doctor and everybody convinced that Barbourville was a good location for a hospital.”

The operating room, measuring fourteen feet by twenty-two feet contained all new surgical equipment as well as a skylight measuring eight feet by twelve feet. Upon opening, the hospital had twenty-two beds, all private rooms, along with private lavatory accommodations. The kitchen and dining room were located in the basement of the hospital. Additionally, dentist, Dr. Faulkner, operated a room out of the hospital to offer dental services as well. The building was “practically fireproof and protected against possible fire by extinguishers.” As a surgeon, Dr. Logan could perform scheduled and emergency surgeries and also had x-ray equipment

Dr. Leslie Logan, native son of Knox County, was a trained physician and surgeon who graduated from the Louisville College of Medicine and received post-graduate training in New York City. Dr. Logan served his country during the First World War in France as a surgeon and, upon returning back home, began the process of opening a hospital. To surmise, “it is hard to convince the people you grew up with that you have ability. But Dr. Logan has convinced the people of his town and county of his ability.” Dr. Logan would go on to serve the people of Barbourville and Knox County for several years until his retirement. The son of William T. And America Goodin Logan, the husband of Beatrice Croley Logan, died in retirement on April 1, 1960, the result of a cerebral thrombosis.

The Logan Hospital still exists today and has had many uses over the years.

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Contributed by Shawn Logan | contact@kyhi.org

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⁘ Works Cited ⁘

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• The Mountain Advocate, Barbourville, Kentucky, 5 March 1920
  
• The Mountain Advocate, Barbourville, Kentucky, 20 July 1923
  
• The Mountain Advocate, Barbourville, Kentucky, 20 July 1928
  
• The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, 3 April 1960

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