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

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

Founded: Opened 1864
Location: Mount and Hollins streets, Baltimore, MD

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• Dates: 1894
  Notes: THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, is situated on Mount and Hollins street, Baltimore. It is a reformatory institution, opened in 1864 in a dwelling then known as the “Donnell Mansion,” the entire cost of the new additions to the original property, which was donated by the late Mrs. Emily McTavish, being $179,000. The institution was placed in charge of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, (whence its name is derived), whose lives are devoted entirely to sheltering and reclaiming unfortunate and abandoned women and girls, as well as protecting and preserving from danger young girls and children without proper parental care and protection. The institution has been enlarged from time to time by contributions and assistance from the State, until it now has a capacity for several hundred inmates.The work of the institution consists of all kinds of needle-work, from the plainest to the finest, and most exquisite embroidery done by hand. The inmates are principally fallen and abandoned women, many of whom have been committed by the magistrates throughout the State; others have been brought by friends, and some have come voluntarily with a desire to reform.

  There is also connected with this institution a department where unprotected girls can have proper training and care. There is also a department for children, who when they arrive at eighteen years of age, are provided with good homes by the Sisters. By this means many young girls become useful women through the training received in this institution. The total number of inmates in the institution since its organization is 1,975. At present there are 241 inmates. The State of Maryland appropriates $3,000 per annum to its support. The work performed by the Sisters in charge of this institution has certainly been remarkable. Many fallen women have been reformed and others protected in time to save them from temptations that surround them in great cities. There can be no doubt of the wisdom of the General Assembly in assisting this institution.

  Source: Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company: 78-79

Closed: Building demolished July 1959
Location: 1400 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, MD

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

Additional Information

• Dates: 1865, Jan. 9
  Notes: Aged Men’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: 43
• Dates: after 1933
  Notes: Historic American Buildings Survey Report, Aged Men’s Home, 1400 W. Lexington St., BALTIMORE, Baltimore County, MD. (HABS MD-182).