 Carney Hospital was established in 1863 in South Boston by Andrew Carney with a $75,000 donation and with Sister Ann Alexis Shorb, Carney's choice for its first administrator and a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.It was located on the former Hall Jackson Howe estate on Old Harbor Street on Telegraph Hill.The hospital was designed by Boston City Architect Charles Bateman.