Phipps Building
- Historically Known As: Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic
- Address: N Wolfe St
- Vicinity: McElderry St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1908/05/00 | Henry Phipps Jr | Benefactor | On a visit to the Tuberculosis Clinic, Henry Phipps asked Dr William Welch if there were any other departments in need. Dr Welch gives Phipps a copy of Clifford Beers's 'A Mind That Found Itself'. | |||
| 1908/06/00 | William Henry Welch | Work | Henry Phipps' endowment of $1.5 million to fund the Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins is publicly announced, becoming the first academic psychiatry department in America. | |||
| 1913/04/16 | Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic is dedicated. The plaque on building reads 1912 to avoid the superstitious number 13. | |||||
| 1921/04/00 | Winifred Reed Tredwell | Health | Winifred Tredwell tells her husband, Roger, she is traveling to Baltimore to admit herself into Phipps Psychiatric Clinic to be treated for depression. | |||
| 1932/02/12 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Health | Zelda Fitzgerald is admitted to the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic. Her doctor suggest Scott should check himself in also. | |||
| 1932/02/12 | Zelda Fitzgerald | Health | Zelda Fitzgerald is admitted to the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic. Her doctor suggest Scott should check himself in also. | |||
| 1932/03/09 | Zelda Fitzgerald | Author | At the Phipps Clinic, Zelda Fitzgerald completes her autobiographical novel "Save Me the Waltz", presenting major events in her life through a protagonist named Alabama Beggs. | Save Me the Waltz (book) | ||
| 1932/06/26 | Zelda Fitzgerald | Health | Zelda is discharged from Phipps Clinic and joins her family at La Paix. |
| Particulars for Phipps Building: | |
|---|---|
| Sight Category | Building |
| Mental Illness | Clinical Depression |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Historic Use | Hospital |
| Disease | Mental Illness |
| Area of Significance | Mental Institution, Asylum |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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