Baltimore General Dispensary

Baltimore General Dispensary is a historic public dispensary building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is three bays wide and two stories high, with running bond red brick foundation and building walls, and a water table constricted in 1911. The front features a simple cornice 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 and medical aid on the second floor gave the poor a measure of privacy rarely available to charity patients.[2]

Baltimore General Dispensary
Baltimore General Dispensary, August 2011
Location500 West Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′26″N 76°37′22″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1911 (1911)
ArchitectMacKenzie, George N., III
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.80001779[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 18, 1980

Baltimore General Dispensary was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Fred Shoken (1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baltimore General Dispensary" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.



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