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Bishop Street House

Our first residence, opened in 1992, is a congregate living community in a charming Victorian house with a yard full of flowers and trees. Located on a peaceful residential street in Jamaica Plain, Bishop Street House is home to nine formerly homeless elderly women, some of who have lived there since it first opened. With each resident occupying a single bedroom, every effort is made to create a feeling of community through the sharing of a kitchen, living room, baths, porches, decks, garden and social activities.

For its work at Bishop Street House, Hearth was honored to receive the 1994 Fannie Mae Foundation Maxwell Award of Excellence for Innovative Housing

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In 2005, Channel 5 chose Bishop Street to receive an Extreme Makeover: Boston Edition, allowing us to complete needed renovations.

 

 

Learn more about our other homes:

Anna Bissonnette House – Boston’s South End
Bishop Street House – Jamaica Plain
Burroughs Street House – Jamaica Plain
Milton Fuller Housing Corporation/Fuller Village - Milton
Ruggles Affordable Assisted Living Community - Roxbury
Ruth Cowin House – Brookline
Uphams Corner ElderHouse – Uphams Corner, Dorchester