by Meg | Aug 4, 2016 | Architecture, Building, School 49
As we have been going through some files this summer, we came across a file on the “new” building, which is actually older than the “old” building.The building was designed in 1898 by Joseph Evans Sperry who began practicing architecture at age 16 in his own office....
by Meg | Feb 9, 2016 | Architecture, Building
It snowed again this morning, and so I thought I’d post a picture of a snowfall many years ago, by the noted Baltimore Sun photographer, A. Aubrey Bodine. This image is from sometime in the early 1960’s. We have two pictures, taken about two years apart. In one,...
by Meg | Dec 16, 2015 | Architecture, Building, Magic Wand
As I was hunting for some evidence of when MedChi first publicized our phone number, I came across two photographs of the construction of the 1909 building. They were taken in October,and November of 1908.The notes say that from beginning to end, the construction only...
by Meg | Dec 3, 2015 | Architecture, Archives, Art, Building
In preparation for next week’s Baltimore City Medical Society’s annual meeting and holiday dinner, I was asked to give a tour of the building. Unfortunately, I have another engagement and so I created building information sheets so members could give themselves brief...
by Meg | Aug 27, 2014 | Architecture, Building, Library & Books
MedChi’s original building was purpose-built for the organization in 1909. There are many beautiful parts of it, but over the years, some of the rooms, which are used several times a week, have begun to show their age. The Krause Reading Room was last refurbished in...
by Meg | Apr 29, 2014 | Architecture, Physicians, Portraits, Star-Spangled 200
Upton Scott was born in County Antrim in Ireland in 1722 and received his medical training in Glasgow, Scotland. He arrived in Annapolis in 1853 with Horatio Sharpe, the last Royal Governor of Maryland, as his personal physician. This position helped him obtain a...
