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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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.[3]

The main hospital building was demolished in 2013 and an empty lot now sits in its place.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Andrea Bakewell Lowery and Laura Hughes (March 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sydenham Hospital Records 1909-1962". National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ Alexander (November 17, 2014). "Deserted Places: The abandoned Montebello State Hospital in Baltimore". Deserted Places. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Montebello State Hospital for Communicable Diseases - Viral Infections Blog Articles". www.viralinfections.info. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

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