Its architecturally distinguished campus, located 1680 Albany Avenue, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The "cottage plan" of its layout, with multiple smaller buildings, was then a popular form for the institutional treatment of needy individuals.

Although there is a similarity of design to the buildings in the complex, each one has unique and distinguishing characteristics, in a bid to give each one a more homelike feeling for its residents.

The Female Beneficent Society was founded in 1809 for the benefit of indigent girls, and the Hartford Orphan Asylum was established in 1833.

With the rise in popularity of the "cottage plan" for institutional housing, the organization had its current campus built in the 1920s on land donated by Reverend Francis Goodwin.