St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children is the successor to St. Mary’s Infant Asylum and St. Margaret’s Hospital, both operated by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and previously situated on this site. From 1874 to 1883, St. Mary’s Infant Asylum and Lying-In Hospital was located on Bowdoin Street and then moved to the former property of Charles and Mary Green on Jones Hill. In 1901, a new building was constructed, and in 1911 a connecting building was erected for maternity patients. The facility then became known as St. Margaret’s Hospital. St. Margaret’s specialized in maternity and gynecological care and operated at the Dorchester location until 1993 when its services were moved to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton. St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children was then opened at the site and now provides housing, education, and workforce development for young mothers with children.
