Tag Archives: Fife

Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Fife

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Harriet Richardson

Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, photographed in October 2019 © H. Richardson The cottage hospital at Buckhaven opened on 28 August 1909. It was designed by Alexander Tod of Kirkcaldy for Lady Eva Wemyss in memory of her husband, Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss, … Continue reading →

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Adamson Hospital, Cupar, Fife

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Harriet Richardson

The Adamson Hospital, photographed in December 2017 © H. Richardson The Adamson Hospital in Fife’s County Town of Cupar is a modest, quietly attractive Edwardian building with a bold modern wing added in 2012. It first opened in 1904, but this … Continue reading →

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The Ducker House, American prefab of the 1880s

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Harriet Richardson

While hunting for Doecker portable hospital buildings I came across its American counterpart, including an illustrated catalogue advertising their wares published in or after 1888. Founded by William M. Ducker of Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. who had patented his invention, … Continue reading →

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