▁be ▁called ▁and ▁known ▁as ▁St . ▁Margaret ' s ▁Hospital . ▁The ▁hospital ▁was ▁dedicated ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁on ▁ 4 6 th ▁Street ▁in ▁the ▁Lawrence ville ▁neighborhood , ▁where ▁it ▁remained ▁for ▁ 8 2 ▁years . ▁ ▁St . ▁Margaret ' s ▁Hospital ▁was ▁a ▁long time ▁min istry ▁of ▁the ▁Epis cop al ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Pitts burgh ▁whose ▁convention ▁appointed ▁its ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁committee ▁realized ▁that ▁St . ▁Margaret ' s ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁expand ▁at ▁the ▁Lawrence ville ▁site . ▁ ▁A ▁location ▁that ▁appe aled ▁to ▁the ▁Long ▁Range ▁Pl anning ▁Committee ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁Pitts burgh ' s ▁former ▁water ▁fil tr ation ▁plant , ▁across ▁the ▁Al leg hen y ▁from ▁Lawrence ville ▁and ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁Bor ough ▁of ▁Asp in wall . ▁The ▁St . ▁Margaret ▁family ▁broke ▁ground ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁The ▁new ▁building ▁was ▁ready ▁by ▁March ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁St . ▁Margaret ▁established ▁a ▁Family ▁Medicine ▁res iden cy ▁program . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁phys icians ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁that ▁very ▁first ▁program ▁are ▁teaching ▁and ▁pract icing ▁at ▁St . ▁Margaret ▁Hospital ▁today . ▁The ▁program ▁is ▁a ▁three - year ▁res iden cy ▁program ▁with ▁fellow ship ▁opportun ities ▁in ▁sports