Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases

Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Main hospital building, August 2011.
Location	Argonne Dr., W. of Herring Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°20′16″N 76°34′52″W / 39.33778°N 76.58111°WCoordinates: 39°20′16″N 76°34′52″W / 39.33778°N 76.58111°W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1924
Architect	Edward Hughes Glidden, Sr.
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	98001294[1]
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1998

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 power house. 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]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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 2016-04-01.
3. "Sydenham Hospital Records 1909-1962". National Library of Medicine.

External links

• Montebello State Hospital, Baltimore City, including photo from 1998, at Maryland Historical Trust