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1879
Sisters of Mercy opened St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Dubuque at the request of Bishop John Hennessy. This original hospital was in a rented house near Third and Bluff Streets.
1880
The Sisters acquired property on Kelly's Bluff in Dubuque, the current site of Mercy Medical Center, and built the new, expanded St. Joseph Mercy Hospital was opened and dedicated in July.
1885
The Sisters of Mercy opened St. Joseph's Sanitarium, the area's first mental health facility, on Asbury Road. The site is now occupied by the Red Cross building.
1892
The Sisters constructed the 150-bed St. Anthony's Home for the Aged adjacent to the hospital. It remained until 1970 on the site currently occupied by Medical Associates Clinic east campus.
1902
The first class of St. Joseph's School of Nursing graduated. the Sisters of Mercy had established the school of nursing two years earlier and it remained in operation until 1974 when the area community college assumed responsibility for educating nurses.
1905
Due to growth of the Dubuque community, a major expansion of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital doubled its size.
1922
A home for the Mercy School of Nursing was built and dedicated.
1947
An addition to the hospital (the current "'47 Building") with beds for 200 patients was completed to offer "the latest equipment of the day in operating rooms, laboratories and x-ray, as well as modern accommodations for patients and staff."
1970
The Sisters of Mercy dedicated a $9.5-million facility consolidating all health and medical services under one administration at one site.
1976
Dubuque's Mercy Hospital was incorporated into the 17-hospital system of Mercy Health Services with headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
1978
Mercy Hospital merged with the 95-bed Dyersville Community Hospital to form Mercy Health Center with St. Joseph's Unit in Dubuque and St. Mary's Unit in Dyersville.
1981
The Sisters of St. Francis and the Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation consolidated the 132-bed Xavier Hospital in Dubuque with Mercy Health Center.
1998
Mercy Health Center, along with other Mercy Health Services hospitals in Clinton, Mason City and Sioux City, Iowa and Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, joined together to form Mercy Health Network.
1999
Mercy Health Center became known Mercy Medical Center - Dubuque and Mercy Medical Center - Dyersville.
2000
Mercy Health Services of Farmington Hills, Michigan, consolidated with Holy Cross Health System of South Bend, Indiana, to form Trinity Health, headquartered in Novi, Michigan.
2004
Mercy Medical Center - Dubuque achieved MagnetTM designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
2005
Mercy - Dubuque opened the Medical Associates Community Cardiology Center on its campus.
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