Florian Hall has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site this week. Harbor Health photo
Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood.
It was stood-up under the guidance of the medical professionals from Harbor Health, which operates the nearby Neponset Daniel Driscoll Community Health Center, one of Dorchester’s critically important neighborhood medical facilities.
The clinic is getting logistical and staffing support from members of the National Guard’s 972nd Military Police Company in Reading and the state’s Medical Unit from Hanscom Air Base in Bedford. The Boston Firefighters Union Local 718, which owns Florian Hall, made it possible with some help from Rep. Daniel Hunt