The Gundry Sanitarium, also known variously as the Relay Sanitarium, Lewis Gundry Sanitarium, Gundry

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, and Conrad Sanitarium, was a medical institution established in 1900 in Southwest Baltimore City,

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. The building, originally named "Athol," was constructed in 1880 as a residence for

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and designed by Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequier. It was purchased in 1900 by Dr Alfred Gundry as a private sanitarium for the "care of nervous disorders of women that required treatment and rest away from home." It continued in existence as a private sanitarium until 1997. It was purchased by the city in 2006 for historic preservation, but it burned down on September 27, 2021, prior to any improvements.

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