Location: 2000 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1920
  Notes: Amounts appropriated for state-aided institutions, from the Maryland Manual, 1921-1922.
• Dates: 1927
  Notes: The request for the loan of a piano to entertain the inmates of a hospital for little cripples here in 1910 resulted in a short time afterward in the establishment of one of Baltimore’s most interesting institutions, the James Lawrence Kernan Crippled Children’s Hospital and Industrial School….
  See: “Baltimore in Pictures” Baltimore News December 28, 1927
• Dates: 1976
  Notes: See also: “Kernan’s Changes” Sun Jan. 16, 1976

Bibliography

Founded: Incorporated 1896
Location: 1123 Madison Avenue (headquarters), Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (Incor., 1896). Headquarters, 1123 Madison Avenue; C&P Telephone, Madison 291. Head nurse, Miss A.M. Carr. Office hours, 8.30 to 9.30 a.m., 1 to 2 p.m. and after 5 p.m. District Offices: south Baltimore, 1418 Light St.; east Baltimore, 101 south Broadway; northeast Baltimore, 1520 east Eager St.; southwest Baltimore, 710 Columbia Ave.; northwest Baltimore, 1100 Patterson Ave. Object.– To provide trained nurses for the indigent sick in their homes, to instruct their families and friends in the proper care of the sick and to teach the simple rules of hygiene. Whenever possible, a small fee is expected, but free care is given when the circumstances of the family do not allow of it. The nurses do not attend cases of contagious diseases or act as mid-wives. In no case do they continue to attend patients who are not under the care of a physician. Messages may be left at the district offices at any time of day; nurses call there at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. every week-day. Management.– Under board of directors. Supported by voluntary contributions. Year ending October 31, 1900, nurses paid 10,052 visits for nursing care, 2407 for supervision and advice; cared for 1506 new patients. Receipts, $3131.42; expenditures, $3496.38, (balance on hand at beginning of year, $742.68).The use of the house, 1123 Madison Avenue, is given to the Association for 5 years by the heirs of the late Wm. S. Rayner. It is known as the Rayner House and is used as a home for the nurses and office of the head-nurse.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 37

Founded: Incorporated 19 May 1853
Location: North Avenue, Baltimore, MD

Images

Blind Asylum. George Howard, The Monumental City: Its Past History and Present Resources. (Baltimore: J.D. Ehlers, 1873): 51.. American Memory Project: Library of Congress

Additional Information

• Dates:
  Notes: The Maryland Institution for the Instruction of the Blind, located on North Avenue, in this City, was incorporated in 1853, through the efforts of several benevolent citizens. The present building, constructed of Baltimore County Marble at a cost of $145,000 — is beautifully located and can accommodate all who are likely to apply for admission for years to come. Those who are able to pay are expected to do so, but the indigent are received and educated at the expense of the State.
  Source: Howard, George, The Monumental City, its Past History and Present Resources Baltimore: J.D. Ehlers & Co: 51
• Dates: 1853/05/19
  Notes: Institute for the Instruction of the Blind incorporated.
  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: 40

Founded: Building completed ca. 1849. Opened 1851
Closed: Building demolished July 1959
Location: 1404 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, MD

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Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress	Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress
Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress	Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress
Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress	Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress
Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress	Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress
Aged Women’s Home. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress

Additional Information

• Dates: Oct. 28, 1851
  Notes: Aged Women’s Home, Lexington street, opened.
  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: 39,
• Dates: after 1933
  Notes:  Historic American Buildings Survey Report, Aged Women’s Home, 1400 W. Lexington St., BALTIMORE, Baltimore County, MD. (HABS MD-183).

Location: Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1901
  Notes: An organic part of Bay View Asylum. Insane paupers, resident for six months in Baltimore, are admitted. Also emergency cases. Apply at office of Supervisors of City Charities, City Hall, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Capacity 400. Three resident physicians.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 60

Founded: 17 Sep. 1849 (cornerstone laid)
Location: W. Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1849/09/17
  Notes: Indigent Widow’s Asylum, west Lexington street, corner-stone laid.
  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: 39

Founded: 1823
Location: Bible House, 113 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

Additional Information

• Dates: 1901
  Notes: (1823). Inquire at Bible House, 113 North Charles St. Object.–Aid to worthy and needy sick in their homes. Management.–A small association of ladies, disbursing the income of a small fund and any donations. Meets at Bible House, the last Wednesday of each month. Year ending March, 1901, 332 sick and destitute persons were visited in their homes and their wants relieved by members of the Society.
  Source: Charity Organization Society, Directory of the Charitable and Beneficent Organizations of Baltimore together with Legal Suggestions, Etc. Baltimore: : 39-40