- Dimock Community Health Center Complex
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Dimock Community Health Center Complex
Location: 41 and 55 Dimock St., Boston, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°19′9.5″N 71°5′49.7″W / 42.319306°N 71.097139°WCoordinates: 42°19′9.5″N 71°5′49.7″W / 42.319306°N 71.097139°W Area: 10 acres (4.0 ha) Built: 1872 Architect: Cummings & Sears; Fox,James A. Architectural style: Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 85000317[1] Added to NRHP: February 21, 1985 Dimock Community Health Center Complex is a historic site at 41 and 55 Dimock Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The center's Zakrzewska Building was built in the Stick style of architecture in 1872, designed by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears as the New England Hospital for Women and Children, New England's first, and the United States' second hospital run by women doctors.[2] Contemporary renovations were completed by James A. Fox and it was added to the National Historic Register in 1985.[1]
It is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The center focuses on three core program areas: Healthcare, Behavioral Health Services and Youth & Family Services. From the Center’s historic nine-acre campus located in the Egleston Square section of Roxbury, MA, and several satellite locations, The Dimock Center provides access to high-quality healthcare and human services that include: Adult & Pediatric Primary Care, Women’s Healthcare, Eye and Dental Care, HIV/AIDS Specialty Care, Outpatient Mental Health services, Residential Programs, The Mary Eliza Mahoney House shelter for families, pre-school, Head Start programs, after-school programs and Adult Basic Education & Workforce Training programs. The Dimock Center has been recognized nationally as a model for the delivery of integrated care in an urban community. More information on the Dimock Center can be found at www.dimock.org
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Morgan, Keith N., editor, Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, et al. (2009). Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston.. University of Virginia Press. pp. 251. ISBN 978-0-8139-2709-1.
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