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°W / 39.33778; -76.58111Coordinates: 39°20′16″N 76°34′52″W / 39.33778°N 76.58111°W / 39.33778; -76.58111
Built:	1922
Architect:	Glidden, Edward Hughes, Sr.
Architectural style:	Italian Renaissance Revival
Governing body:	State
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, is a hospital and 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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Maryland Historical Trust: Listing for Montebello State Hospital

External links

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