Hospital Hospitality House, Lexington Kentucky Home Away From Home for Loved Ones in the Hospital

Standing tall on the edge of the University of Kentucky's campus is a great Italianate structure. Once a private residence, this building now serves as the headquarters to Lexington's Hospital Hospitality House. This house was designed and built in 1880 by a local architect named John McMurty for a very prominent Lexington man by the name of Charles H. Wooley. Wooley lived in the house from the time of his retirement until his death in 1903. After Wooley's death his widow remained in the house until her death in 1941.

After the current tenants passed, this grand house was used as offices for the University of Kentucky and was used as office space until it was transformed into a safe haven for the families of hospital patients in the Lexington area.

The house still retains its original architecture from the rounded attic openings, quatrefoil vent in the parlor gable, slender paired brackets, hoodmolds with "keystones," and a graceful porch with chambered posts projecting in front of the entrance, and a cast iron railing. Wooley house is one, if not the most outstanding, intact examples of its kind in the metropolitan area.

The Lexington Hospital Hospitality House offers a convenient and friendly atmosphere for the families of hospitalized patients in the Lexington area. The Hospitality House can accommodate up to seventeen people and offers an array of amenities. Each bed was donated by TempurPedic so you can be assured the same comfort as home. In addition to comfortable bedding there are also laundry facilities, a kitchen that is fully stocked for snacks and some prepared meals, eating area, and two living areas, one with a big screen TV. In the event that you were unable to pack before your departure the Hospitality House offers an assortment of products, including clothing, to help you get through.

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"The Hospital Hospitality House was so warm and kind and nice to me. When you stay at the Hospital Hospitality House you'll be so happy that you stayed there and when you leave from there you'll look back at the wonderful memories that the Hospital Hospitality House has made for you and so years from now you will think of the good times you had." - Kayla Matney, Former Guest

Giving Opportunities

The HHH wouldn’t exist without donations from kind individual such as you! Please consider giving a tax-deductible donation today.

You may mail a check to us at:

HHH
342 South Limestone Street
Lexington, KY 40508

Thank you so much! Your donation will help us continue to provide a “home away from home” to people who need it during such a difficult time in their lives.