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|Body= Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases (later known as the [[Montebello State Hospital|Montebello State Chronic Disease Hospital]]) is located in Baltimore, west of Herring Run and adjacent to the city’s water filtration plant. The hospital campus, as originally constructed between 1922 and 1924, comprises seven 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. In 1939, a residence for the Director of Medical Research was added at the west end of the campus. The campus was designed by noted Baltimore architect Edward Hughes Glidden, Sr. Its institutional-scale, buff brick buildings with stone and terra-cotta trim are presented in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, characteristic of the 1920s.                               
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|Body= In 1872, the total cost of [[the buildings]] thus far reached $1,000,000, with current accommodations for only 212 patients. The State Comptroller criticized the managers for spending an excessive amount of money with little to show for it. In the manager's reply, it was pointed out that after the close of the Civil War, and especially by the enactment of the new eight-hour law, the greatly increased cost of both labor and material was responsible for the high costs. They asserted that the plan followed by them of constructing the hospital by day's work rather than by contract was the best to follow; further, that "although the hospital has cost money, it is worth the money" and that the Governor, Comptroller and other state officials had inspected the buildings and had approved the plans and specifications and general scheme of construction.                               
 
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Revision as of 11:26, 7 September 2025

Featured Image Of The Week

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In 1872, the total cost of the buildings thus far reached $1,000,000, with current accommodations for only 212 patients. The State Comptroller criticized the managers for spending an excessive amount of money with little to show for it. In the manager's reply, it was pointed out that after the close of the Civil War, and especially by the enactment of the new eight-hour law, the greatly increased cost of both labor and material was responsible for the high costs. They asserted that the plan followed by them of constructing the hospital by day's work rather than by contract was the best to follow; further, that "although the hospital has cost money, it is worth the money" and that the Governor, Comptroller and other state officials had inspected the buildings and had approved the plans and specifications and general scheme of construction.
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