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Thomasp94 Forum:Admin, Forum:Mod, bureaucrat, checkuser, sysop
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| 2:40:16 PM - Tue, Nov 29th 2011 |
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So I'm on eBay this morning when I come across this photo for sale...
After the initial excitement of possibly finding what could be a new kirkbride I checked the database and found that we had no entry for this hospital. So I did some quick research and this was apparently the third building the Sisters of Charity used for their hospital in Baltimore, MD. But it was the first one they had purpose built.
From the 1916 report:
"The hospital consists of a main building and four extensive. wings. The former is five stories high, with an attic surmounted by a dome 160 feet from the ground, which affords a magnificent view of the city, the bay and the surrounding country. In the center or main building are located the reception rooms, the parlor, the billiard room, the Sisters' apartments, chapel, special private rooms, the dormitories for patients and the sewing rooms. The wings are appropriated to the exclusive use of patients."
It looks like the building was demolished in the 1980s. Here is an aerial from 1971...
From the looks and the description I believe this may be a kirkbride. Thoughts?
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