National Register of Historic Places

Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases

Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore County, Maryland
Listed
October 30, 1998
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
98001294

About this property

Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases, also known as Montebello State Hospital or Montebello State Chronic Disease Hospital, was a hospital Baltimore, Maryland, that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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.

Location

Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore County, Maryland
39.33796, -76.58012

Categories

ARCHITECTUREHEALTH/MEDICINE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases listed on the National Register?

Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 1998.

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Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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