Baltimore General Dispensary

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Baltimore General Dispensary
Baltimore General Dispensary
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Location Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Opened1801
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Baltimore General Dispensary
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Baltimore General Dispensary, August 2011
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Location500 West Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′26″N76°37′22″W / 39.29056°N 76.62278°W / 39.29056; -76.62278 Coordinates: 39°17′26″N76°37′22″W / 39.29056°N 76.62278°W / 39.29056; -76.62278
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectMacKenzie, George N., III
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 80001779 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1980

Baltimore General Dispensary is a historic public dispensary building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It opened in 1801 to provide medical and health services to the poor in Baltimore. It is the oldest institution of its kind in Maryland. It is three bays wide and two stories high, with running bond red brick foundation and building walls, and a water table constructed in 1911. The front features a simple cornice surmounting a stone entablature reading: 1801 Baltimore General Dispensary 1911. It is the only surviving building designed for Baltimore's oldest charity. The interior originally featured a large dispensary center on the first floor, separated for black and white patients. The rooms for surgical and medical aid on the second floor gave the poor a measure of privacy rarely available to charity patients. [2]

Baltimore General Dispensary was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Fred Shoken (1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore General Dispensary" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.