Robb House
The historic house was built in 1858 by William Robb and has had a unique past filled with many different uses. Robb House was the home of Maj. Robert C. Gilchrist and then U.S. Congressman George Swinton Legare (from 1910 until his death in 1913). The interior was remodeled in 1920 by William McDowell for use as Mercy Maternity Hospital. When the Robb House (known at the time as the Gilchrist House) was converted into a 19-bed hospital, improvements included a new heating plant, an electric elevator, and a new fountain featuring a five-foot stork sculpture in the front lawn.[2] In December 1927, William McDowell announced his gift of the house to the Diocesan Home, and after 1927, it was the Episcopal Church Home for Women. -from Wikipedia
