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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1811/02/25 Rev John Bartlett Advocate Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation is chartered by the Massachusetts Legislature. The Corporation is intended to treat both physical and mental illnesses, with a separate facility for each.
1818/00/00 Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company Established The Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company is established to provide additional income to Boston's first hospital, the Massachusetts General.
1818/01/00 Charles Bulfinch Architect Charles Bulfinch's designs for Massachusetts General Hospital are accepted, south facade of the original center section, now known as the Bulfinch Pavilion has been preserved
1823/00/00 Alexander Parris Architect Massachusetts General Hospital is built with coursed ashlar granite, cut and dressed by convicts from Charlestown Prison (lost), 1818-1823.
1846/00/00 George Perkins Architect Bulfinch's Massachusetts General Hospital building is nearly doubled in size and the original interior of is extensively remodeled, 1844-1846, by architect George Perkins.
1856/07/16 Dr James Clarke White Work James Clarke White graduates from Harvard Medical School.
1892/00/00 Richard Clarke Cabot Work Richard Cabot turns down the job of the first bacteriologist at Mass General Hospital to work in the hospital's outpatient department which deals with people who can't afford inpatient treatment, or for the treatment of incurable chronic conditions.
1896/00/00 Nathaniel Bowditch Potter Work Dr Potter works as a Medical interne at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1896-1898.
1912/00/00 Roger Lee and with Paul D White, develop the Lee-White clotting time at the Massachusetts General. Lee demonstrates that it is safe to give group O blood to patients of any blood group, and that blood from all groups can be given to group AB patients. History of Transfusion Medicine
1953/09/03 Silvia Plath Health Sylvia Plath is moved to the Psychiatric Ward at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

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Particulars for Massachusetts General Hospital:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Hospital
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private
Area of Significance Science



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 70000682
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Bulfinch,Charles; Parris,Alexander
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Science, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1818, 1823, 1846
Historic Function: Health care
Historic Sub-Function: Hospital
Current Function: Health care
Current Sub-Function: Hospital

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