[3] A wide pediment stands in front of a low, domed drum structure, which housed the anatomical theater.

To the west is South Greene Street (named for Revolutionary War Gen. Nathanael Greene, (1742-1786), and aide to Gen. George Washington of the Continental Army)[6] Davidge Hall was named for the founder and first dean of the College of Medicine of Maryland, Dr. John Beale Davidge.

Dr. Davidge, along with James Cocke and John Shaw, offered medical instruction in a small theater beginning in late 1807.

Evidence exists that in addition to Robert Cary Long Jr., early design work may have also been performed by French émigré architect J. Maximilian M. Godefroy, son-in-law of Dr. Crawford (who also did work on the Battle Monument during 1815–1827, in Baltimore's former Courthouse Square at North Calvert, between East Lexington and Fayette Streets and the First Independent Church of Baltimore (later First Unitarian Church of Baltimore (Unitarian and Universalist) at West Franklin and North Charles Streets in 1817, both of which still stand.

[1] Davidge Hall is also considered the oldest building in continuous use for medical education in the Northern Hemisphere.