Church Home Building
- Also Known As: Church Home and Hospital
- Also Known As: Church Home and Infirmary
- Originally: Washington Medical College
- Also Known As: Washington University Hospital
- Address: 100 N Broadway
- Vicinity: E Fairmount Ave
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1827/00/00 | Washington University Hospital is founded as the Washington Medical College of Baltimore an affiliate of the Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania. | |||||
1838/00/00 | Washington Medical College of Baltimore moves from Holliday Street, near Saratoga, to a new building on Broadway. | |||||
1849/10/04 | Dr John J Moran treats Poe in a room in one of the towers at WUH where drunk people are under care. Dr Moran decides that Poe is not drunk and has not been drinking. At one point, Poe refuses a glass of brandy offered as a stimulant. | Brandy | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | |||
1849/10/06 | Poe's cousin, Neilson Poe, tries to visit his ailing relative, but Dr John J Moran will not let Neilson see him because Edgar is too excitable. | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||||
1849/10/07 | Edgar Allan Poe | Died | Edgar Allan Poe dies at the Washington University Hospital of Baltimore. His cause of death is disputed and medical records, including his death certificate, have been lost. Poe was never coherent enough to explain how he came to be in such trouble. | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||
1855/00/00 | In arrears on mortgage payments, Washington University Hospital abandons their building. | |||||
1857/00/00 | An Episcopalian group buys the WUH building for $20,500 and opens the Church Home and Infirmary, a joint operation run under the control of St Andrew's Infirmary and the Church Home Society. |
Particulars for Church Home Building: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Historic Use | Hospital |
Owner | Private |
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