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Baltimore General Dispensary

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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
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and medical aid on the second floor gave the poor a measure of privacy rarely available to charity patients.
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Gladys Spellman Specialty Hospital & Nursing Center
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Baltimore
Hospitals in Maryland
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Baltimore General Dispensary is located in Baltimore
Baltimore General Dispensary is located in Maryland
Baltimore General Dispensary is located in the United States
West Fayette St.
Baltimore, Maryland
39°17′25.8″N 76°37′21.3″W / 39.290500°N 76.622583°W / 39.290500; -76.622583
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public dispensary
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
cornice
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore General Dispensary"
Baltimore General Dispensary, Baltimore City
Maryland History Online, Medicine in Maryland 1752-1920, Baltimore General Dispensary
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