Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases - Baltimore MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 20.268 W 076° 34.878
18S E 363722 N 4355455
The hospital was constructed in 1922-1924 and treated patients with chronic diseases. The hospital closed in 1949 and taken over by Montebello Hospital which closed in 1996. The main building was torn down in 2013 and there are remaining buildings.
Waymark Code: WM13PEQ
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2021
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From Wikipedia in part:
"Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases, also known as Montebello State Hospital or Montebello State Chronic Disease Hospital, was a hospital and is a national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was originally constructed in 1922–1924, and the campus consists of seven Italian Renaissance Revival style buildings: the main hospital building, the administration building, the kitchen, the nurses’ home, the laundry with servants’ quarters above, the garage, and the powerhouse. A residence for the Director of Medical Research was added in 1939. The campus was designed by noted Baltimore architect Edward Hughes Glidden.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The patient records of Sydenham Hospital are held at the National Library of Medicine and showcase nature and treatment of communicable diseases in the pre-antibiotic era.
The main hospital building was demolished in 2013 and an empty lot now sits in its place."
Street address:
2201 Argonne Drive
Located in the far back of the property now owned by Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD USA
21214
County / Borough / Parish: Baltimore City
Year listed: 1998
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic function: Health Care
Current function: Morgan State University Alumni House
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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