Founded: Incorporated May 1, 1903. Opened June 15, 1903
Location: 407-09-11-13 W. Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD

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Advertisement, Mutual Benefit Society. Seventh Edition, 1919-1920 The First Colored Professional, Clerical, Skilled and Business Directory of Baltimore City with Washington, D.C. and Annapolis Annex. Baltimore, MD: Robert W. Coleman, Publishing Co. Morgan State University

Founded: 1904
Location: Baltimore, MD

Founded: Established 1882; incorporated 1885
Location: 186 Franklin St. (1882-); 625 W. Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1882/09/14
  Notes: New Hospital. The Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital, the organization of which was effected last spring, will shortly be opened at No. 186 Franklin street. The property to be occupied by the hospital has a frontage of about seventy-five feet and contains in addition to the house, a large and well-shaded side yard, so that it is well adapted to the purpose to which it is proposed to devote it. The location is central and easily reached from all part of the city. Diseases of the eye, ear and throat will be treated at the hospital free of charge, as the institution depends for its support upon voluntary contributions. It is proposed to open a dispensary department for the treatment of visiting patients next week, and the hospital, where those who require longer or closer attention will be received, will be opened soon thereafter.
  Source: Sun (Baltimore), 14 September 1882
• Dates: 1882/09/19
  Notes: Hospital Opening and Dispensary Consolidation The Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital, No. 186 Franklin street, opened its outpatient or dispensary department yesterday. The institution is a consolidation of the Eye and Ear Dispensary of the Church Home, North Broadway, the Baltimore Charity Eye and Ear Dispensary, Central Avenue, the eye and ear department of the Baltimore General Dispensary, Liberty street, and the Baltimore Throat Dispensary, Park avenue, all of which have been discontinued. The staff of the hospital is made up of specialists formerly connected with those institutions, as follows: Eye and ear, Drs. Samuel Theobald, S.L. Frank, Russell Murdock and I. Bermann; throat, Drs. J.H. Hartman, Samuel Johnston and John N. McKenzie; consulting surgeons, Drs. Alan P. Smith, L. McLane Tiffany, Christopher Johnson and Oscar J. Coskery; consulting physicians, Drs. Samuel C. Chew, G.W. Miltenberger, Rigin Buckler and Ferd. J. Chatard, Jr. The hospital is supported by volunteer contributions, and treatment will be supplied free of charge to the poor. The in-patient department, provided with free beds, will be opened about October 1. The officers of the institution are as follows: Hon. Geo. Wm. Brown, president; John W. McCoy, Samuel G. Wyman, vice-presidents; Clayton C. Hall, treasurer; John N. Mackenzie, M.D., secretary; finance committee, Wm. H. Perot, C. Morton Stewart, Mendes Cohen, W.S. Rayner; board of trustees, John Lee Carroll, Ernest Knabe, C. Morton Stewart, Wm. H. Perot, T. Edward Hambleton, Samuel G. Wyman, Jno. W. McCoy, W. S. Rayner, Samuel H. Lyon, T. Harrison Garrett, Mendes Cohen, S. Teackle Wallis, Wesley A. Tucker, Geo. Wm. Brown, Clayton C. Hall.
  Source: Sun (Baltimore), 19 September 1882.
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (Estab. 1882, incor. 1885), 625 west Franklin St. Object.– Free medical advice and in necessary cases, free hospital treatment for indigent sick of Maryland suffering from diseases of the eye, ear, or throat; no limitations as to district,color, etc. A charge of 10 cents for medicine is made to those able to pay. Management.– Board of men managers; with an auxiliary board of women visitors. Income.–Derived from subscriptions, board of patients, and from the Supervisors of City Charities, by whom the hospital is used for the care of a limited number of city patients. Number of patients treated free (1900) 4627; white, 2919; colored, 1734.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 52
• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state-aided institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922.
• Dates: 1961
  Notes: Women’s Hospital has sold its building and equipment to the Baltimore Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, the hospitals said in a joint announcement yesterday.Part of the Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital property at 1214 Eutaw Place is to be taken over by the city’s renewal agency, forcing it to move.
  Women’s Hospital and the Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital have acquired 42 acres of land on grounds of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital at Towson and plan to construct new quarters to be know as the Greater Baltimore Medical Center….
  See: “Sale Aired by Hospital” Sun Aug. 16, 1961
• Dates: 1964
  Notes: Temporarily blocked by a suit filed by a minority of its governing board, Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital has lost its chance to move to Baltimore county and merge with the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, sources close to the hospital said yesterday….
  See: “Hospital Merger Plan Seen Blocked by Court Action” Sun Nov. 24, 1964.
• Dates: 1965
  Notes: The Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital plans to complete a merger with the Maryland General Hospital Tuesday….
  See: “2 Hospitals Soon Merge” Sun Apr. 11, 1965
• Dates: 1966
  Notes: Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital will be relocated into a seven-story wing of 106,000 square feet to be constructed at Maryland General Hospital, Linden avenue at Madison street, at an estimated cost of $3,000,000….
  See: “Eye Hospital Set” Sun Dec. 4, 1966
• Dates: 1968
  Notes: Today is moving day for the Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital, Inc. which this weekend is occupying a new $3,750,000 wing of Maryland General Hospital on Howard Street….
  See: “Eye, Ear Hospital Moving” Sun Dec. 1, 1968

Founded: October 1, 1840. Name changed to Mount Hope Institution in 1845.
Location: Two-story house on Front Street, adjoining St. Vincent’s Church (1840); Harford Road (1841-1844); property known as Mount Hope College, Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1840
  Notes: Seven years later, in 1840, a misunderstanding arose between the resident physicians [of the Maryland Hospital] and the Sisters [of Charity], and after many useless efforts to adjust matters on the part of the managers, the Sisters withdrew. The Board decided, after mature and careful consideration, “to employ a matron and a corps of competent nurses” in the place of the Sisters. The Board, however, “was fully cognizant of the Sisters’ faithful duty and assistance to the State in its work of charity, and of the excellent services they had rendered to the patients entrusted to their care.”
  Several of these patients followed the Sisters when they opened a small, two-story house on Front Street, adjoining St. Vincent’s Church, and was called by the patients their boarding house. It was soon crowded, and in 1841 the Sisters moved to a larger house on Harford Road. Although it was a frame building, it was quite an improvement on the old home, and was pleasantly situated on a site of ten acres. The number of patients was constantly increasing, and the Sisters began to admit those patients, too, who were laboring under general diseases. The name of the institution was changed to Mount St. Vincent’s Hospital, and it was there that Dr. William Hughes Stokes was appointed attending physician in 1842, succeeding Doctor Durkee. Doctor Stokes remained the attending physician for forty-five years, and more will have to be said about his personality and his work in a later chapter. In 1843, he wrote the first annual report….
  Source: Jahrreiss, Walter O., History of Mount Hope Retreat : the Growth of a Mental Hospital in Maryland : 1840-1940 Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis-Hutton Co.: 9
• Dates: 1845
  Notes: The second [annual] report, published in 1845, was issued from a new building; the “late Mount St. Vincent’s Hospital” had become the new “Mount Hope Institution.” It seems that the Sisters had not thought of erecting a permanent building on Harford Road. The location — or rather the neighborhood — was objectionable to many, including the Archbishop. However, the number of patients was rapidly increasing, and a two-story wing, room for twenty-five more patients, was added, bringing the total number of beds to about fifty. Despite these efforts, Mount St. Vincent’s became overcrowded within little more than a year after it was opened, and the Sisters thought of purchasing a new building that would provide ample room for at least ten years.
  Source: Jahrreiss, Walter O., History of Mount Hope Retreat : the Growth of a Mental Hospital in Maryland : 1840-1940 Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis-Hutton Co.: 9-10

Location: Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1877
  Notes: The Baltimore Eye and Ear Institute occupies a fine building in which patients can have all the comforts of a home, being charged from $2 to $5 per day, according to room, etc.; professional services extra.Patients in the Infirmary Department are charged $1 per day; professional services extra. The city pays the expenses of those who are unable to pay for themselves. A large number of patients are treated in this institution.
  Source: Butler, Samuel, The Medical Register and Directory of the United States…. Philadelphia: Office of the Medical Examiner and Surgical Reporter: 315

Location: Corner of Baltimore Street and Central Avenue, Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (Incor. 1818, as the Baltimore Second Dispensary; name changed, by act of Assembly, 1820) Baltimore St., east of Central Ave. Hours, 7 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m., May 1 to November 1; 8 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., November to May. Object.– For the needy of east Baltimore. Outside visits are made to persons living south of Orleans and east of Calvert Sts.; medicine given on prescription of any physician registers at the dispensary. Management.– By board of 12 directors. Supported by small income from invested funds and by a share of the fines from houses of ill-fame; at present used by the Supervisors of City Charities as the dispensary for the eastern district of the city. In 1900 the Dispensary had 16,100 patients; filled 22,865 prescriptions; and paid about 740 outside visits.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 42-43
• Dates: 1916
  Notes: DISPENSARY 100 YEARS OLD
  The one hundredth anniversary of the Baltimore Eastern Dispensary’s praiseworthy record of good work among the sick in Baltimore will be observed today. A noteworthy fact in this connection is that not one of the 763,000 persons to whom relief had been administered, nor any of the 391,000 treated at their homes in the one hundred years have paid one cent in return. The expense has been borne by the directors and private contributors. The physicians at the dispensary have prescribed and compounded, not 58,000 prescriptions as stated in some accounts, byt 587,000; and filled 87,000 others, free of cost, that were sent in. The dispensary building, which is located at the northeast corner of Baltimore street and Central avenue, will be decorated for a week in celebration of its anniversary.
  Source: Sun (Baltimore), 1916

Founded: 1860
Location: Arlington Station, Baltimore, MD

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• See: Mount Hope Retreat, Baltimore, Maryland. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York

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• Dates: 1861/12/14
  Notes: The New Mount Hope Hospital. — The work on the new Mount Hope Hospital, six miles from the city on the Reisterstown road, has been continued during the past summer and fall seasons, and it now begins to assume proportions which will afford accommodations for a large number of patients. The main building is nearly complete, thus affording an excellent culinary department, as well as providing parlors and business rooms, which before had to be taken from the wing already completed. The bricks are all made and burned on the farm, and the improvements about the institution gives it an air of some comfort and pleasantness. It is surrounded by old forest trees, while many ornamental trees have been planted. The centre building is so nearly finished that early in the spring it will be ready for occupancy. The contractors, Messrs. S.H. Adams & Brother, are still pushing the work forward, and the structure has the appearance of great strength, as well as convenience for the purpose of its protectors.
  Source: Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 1861.
• Dates: 1866/10/25
  Notes: New Mt. Hope Retreat for Insane erected.
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 43
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: MOUNT HOPE RETREAT (Incor. 1872), P.O. Station, Mt. Hope Retreat, W.M.R.R. C&P Tel. Object. — To care for insane, sick, and inebriates. Admission. — Patients usually pay from $8 to $15 a week, some received at lower rates, and some accepted free. The Supervisors of City Charities place some insane patients in the hospital. Management. — The Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph of Emmitsburg (R.C.) Inmates. — (November 30, 1900) 584. Admitted during year, 155. Discharged, recovered, 62; improved 33; unimproved, 17; died, 59. Income derived from receipts from patients and payments made by Supervisors of City Charities for limited number of city charges.
  Moved to present located in 1863.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 61
• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state-aided institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922.

Bibliography

Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1877
  Notes: We have no details in regard to the Maryland Hospital for the Insane, at Baltimore, or Mount Hope Insane Asylum, at the same city.
  Source: Butler, Samuel, The Medical Register and Directory of the United States…. Philadelphia: Office of the Medical Examiner and Surgical Reporter: 315

Founded: Organized 1890; incorporated 1900
Location: Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (Organ. 1890, incor. 1900). President, Mrs. Douglas H. Duer, 1020 north Calvert St. Visiting Agent, Mrs. L.V. Moores, 760 Dolphin St. Object.–To assist poor deservice wives (white women) in their homes in times of confinement. Medical aid supplied, a care-taker and clothing for mother and infant provided when necessary, also pillows and sheets. Number of cases attended, year ending November 1, 1900, 102. Receipts, $1617.50 (from patients $94); expenditures, $1636.72 (balance at beginning of year, $39.43).
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 37
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: Clothing for mother and infant provided when necessary, also pillows and sheets.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 40
• Dates: 1901
  Notes: Furnishes a woman physician for confinement cases
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 38

Founded: Authorized by Chapter 412, Acts of 1951; opened in 1953
Location: 2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1963-1964
  Notes:

  CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITALS
  
  James A. McCallum, M.D., Superintendent
  A. S. Dowling, M.D., Medical Director
  
  Florence I. Mahoney, M.D., Director, Physical Medicine and
  Rehabilitation
  
  2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore 18 Telephone: 889-3080
  
  In 1947 the General Assembly authorized three Chronic Disease
  Hospitals for patients who cannot obtain elsewhere the special fa-
  cilities needed for their care (Code 1957, Art. 43, secs. 599-603). Three
  hospitals are under the supervision of the Bureau of Medical Services
  and Hospitals.
  
  Deer's Head State Hospital
  
  Robert J. Gore, M.D., Chief Physician
  H. Lee Chambers, Business Manager
  
  Salisbury (Wicomico County) Telephone: Pioneer 2-2164
  
  Deer's Head State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 994, Acts of
  1945, was established in 1950 and has facilities for 284 patients.
  Staff: 262.
  
  Montebello State Hospital
  
  Orlyn Wood, M.D., Chief Physician
  Robert W. Hansen, Business Manager
  
  2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore 18 Telephone: 889-3080
  
  Montebello State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 412, Acts of
  1951, opened in 1953 as the principal unit of the Chronic Disease
  Hospital System. Its principal emphasis is on rehabilitation. Its bed
  capacity is 481.
  Staff: 470.
  
  Western Maryland State Hospital
  
  I. B. Lyon, M.D., Chief Physician
  John R. Cochran, Business Manager
  
  Hagerstown (Washington County) Telephone: Regent 9-6300
  
  Western Maryland State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 53, Acts
  of 1952, was established in 1957 and has facilities for 298 patients.
  Staff: 260.

  Source: Hall of Records Commission, Maryland Manual, 1963-1964 Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission: 77

• Dates: 1965-1966
  Notes:

  CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITALS
  James A. McCallum, M.D., Superintendent
  A. S. Dowling, M.D., Medical Director
  Florence 1. Mahoney, M.D., Director, Physical Medicine and
  Rehabilitation
  2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 88&-3080
  In 1947 the General Assembly authorized three Chronic Disease
  Hospitals for patients who cannot obtain elsewhere the special fa-
  cilities needed for their care (Code 1957, Art. 43, sees. 599-603). Three
  hospitals are under the supervision of the Bureau of Medical Services
  and Hospitals.
  Staff (Central Direction and Services): 1965, 14; Staff: 1966, 17.
  Deer's Head State Hospital
  Robert J. Gore, M.D., Chief Physician
  H. Lee Chambers, Business Manager
  Salisbury (Wicomico County) 21801 Telephone: Pioneer 2-2164
  Deer's Head State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 994, Acts of
  1945, was established in 1950 and has facilities for 284 patients.
  Staff: 1965, 254; Staff: 1966, 266.
  Montebello State Hospital
  George F. Ellinger, M.D., Chief Physician
  Robert W. Hansen, Business Manager
  2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 889-3080
  Montebello State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 412, Acts of
  1951, opened in 1953 as the principal unit of the Chronic Disease
  Hospital System. Its principal emphasis is on rehabilitation. Its bed
  capacity is 481.
  Staff: 1965, 481; Staff: 1966, 493.
  Western Maryland State Hospital
  1. B. Lyon, M.D., Chief Physician
  John R. Cochran, Business Manager
  Hagerstown (Washington County) 21740 Telephone: Regent 9-6300
  •Western Maryland State Hospital, authorized by Chapter 53, Acts
  of 1952, was established in 1957 and has facilities for 298 patients.
  Staff: 1965, 261; Staff: 1966, 270. 
  

  Source: Hall of Records Commission, Maryland Manual, 1965-1966 Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission: 82