The 3-sided Northern Dispensary building in the heart of NYC’s West Village Waverly Place
The deed of the Northern Dispensary, which was built in 1831, stated that the property had to be used to provide medical care to the “worthy poor.” In fact, Edgar Allen Poe was treated here in 1837 for a head cold when he was an unknown writer. Most recently it was home to a dental clinic, but the doors were shut in 1998 and most of the equipment remains inside the building getting rusty.
I always thought they should open the Northern Dispensary at Halloween. I think a “Haunted Dental Clinic” would be downright terrifying.
