Evening star., 1944-09-24

The National Medical COL
lege of George Washington
University from 1867 to 1902,
a gift to the university By w.
w. Corcoran, located on H
street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets. Pres
ent medical building and hos
pitdl are located ON this site
and on the adjoining lot.
wing is cracked so badly that 1t will
have to be taken down.
"Dr. White, the principal, lost all his
personal effects, and it Is stated that
the books and papers of the institution
have been destroyed. The assistant
surgeons Drs. Cooley and Pooley) also
lost nearly all their clothing, as did the
steward (Mr. HID, wardmaster (Mr.
Davis and other officers.
THE fire must have burned sometime
before it was discovered. Soon after. the
sister superior gave the alarm a soldier
was sent into the room where the flames
had burst out with two buckets of water,
but the door being closed on him, and
the smoke suffocating, he lost his
presence of mind, and did not apply the
water judiciously, whereby the progress
Of the fire might have been temporarily
checked. For some reason the water
which is conveyed through the building
in pipes was not used,
THE citizens were active in afford
ing relief to the inmates OF the insti-
tuition, and hot coffee and other restora-
tives were at once on hand.
''The council chamber Of the City
Hall contains some 20 or 80 of the
patients, and many more are In the
rooms on the ground floor of the west
wing Of the City Hall. A host Of kind
hearted ladies were present rendering
their services this morning, and the
onicers Of the building have shown great
kindness. The Mayor offered to do
whatever might be necessary in the
way of relief.
Judiciary Square presents q sad
sight this morning with the smoking
furniture scattered over the lot Most
of the furniture was destroyed by fire
as the energies Of everybody were
directed almost exclusively to secur-
ing the safety Of the patients"
Present Quarters
From 1861 to 1865 the medical school
was quartered in the Constitution ONCE
Building on the north side OF E street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, subsequently occupying a build
ing on H street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, OF which Keim
in his handbook says:
The National Medical College of
Columbian University on H street, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets NV. was founded in 1925. The
building. the gfift Of w. w. Corcoran
1854, cost $4,000, was originally in.
tended for q mechanics library anc
lectures. contains two lecture rooms
with anterooms, chemical laboratory
and dissection room. In winter the
janitor will admit visitors. The dis
pensary is open daily. except Sunday
from to 3 pm. to the poor
And here. on its present site, the
medical school has since remained
From 1882 to 1897 preparatory school
Of Columbian University was conducted
at that location, and when the school
was closed, the medicals college usec
the preparatory school building for its
hospital. In 1902, the new medical
building was erected on the site OF
the old one, and the main hospital
building was erected on the space be-
tween the medical building and the old
hospital.
An account OF the founding and
early history OF Georgetown Univer-
sitv's medical school and hospital DiH
appear In this section of The Star
merit Sunday.
Happy DAYS!