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Known as the Eastern State Hospital Dairy Farm, mental health patients were housed in the dormitory and worked on the farm. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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In 1943, the Fort Loudoun Reservoir inundated a portion of the Lyons View Mental Health Hospital's farm, also known as Lakeshore Mental Health Facility, and the farm was moved to the current property near the Holston River. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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The farm dormitory closed in the late 1960s and was deeded to the University of Tennessee in 1973. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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The City of Knoxville used a portion of the Eastern State property for the Knoxville Community Release Center for a period. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Today, the UT East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center Holston Unit operates the property as an outdoor agricultural teaching and research laboratory. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Farm crew leader Derick Hopkins said former workers and patients have come back to see it and reminisce. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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Known as the Eastern State Hospital Dairy Farm, mental health patients were housed in the dormitory and worked on the farm. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.
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