Restoring Frieda’s Cottage: Preserving a Landmark Building
Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 7 pm
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Learn how Peerless Rockville restored Frieda’s Cottage, Dr. Fromm-Reichmann’s home office, Rockville’s new National Historic Landmark.
Dr. Frieda Fromm-Reichmann arrived in Rockville in June 1935. Born and educated in Germany, she gained notice for her psychiatric work in Heidelberg. As a Jew, she looked to flee Germany after Hitler came to power. Several psychiatric institutions in the United States wooed her to work with them. She settled on Chestnut Lodge and, in partnership with Dexter Bullard, she transformed the hospital into a preeminent private mental health facility and teaching institution. A pioneer in her field, she became a pivotal figure at Chestnut Lodge Sanitarium, Rockville’s unique and legendary mental hospital, for the remainder of her life .
Frieda’s Cottage was deeded to Peerless Rockville, carefully restored, and returned to its original use as a residence in 2009. In honor of Dr. Fromm-Reichmann’s extraordinary achievements, Frieda’s Cottage – her home and office at Chestnut Lodge for more than 20 years, and an iconic place in the history of psychiatry – was recently declared a National Historic Landmark.
Learn how Peerless Rockville restored Frieda’s Cottage, preserving its integrity, promoting her place in history, and culminating in the designation of Rockville’s first National Historic Landmark.
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