Baptist Retirement Home

The Baptist Retirement Home is a historic retirement home at 316 Randolph Street in Maywood, Illinois. The home was built in 1930 for the Baptist Old People's Home organization, which was founded in Maywood in 1906; the large-scale building replaced its original, smaller facilities. At the time, retirement care was shifting from family-centered to institutional practices, and the elderly began to choose retirement home living instead of being forced there by a lack of family or money. When it opened, the facility was racially segregated and only admitted white residents; it also restricted membership to members of the Baptist faith who were over seventy years old. Architect Elmer C. Roberts designed the Tudor Revival building, which features half-timbering on its upper stories, towers enclosing its stairwells, and projecting bays topped by crenellated parapets. Additions were placed on the building in 1955 and 1965 to expand its capacity.[2]

Baptist Retirement Home
Baptist Retirement Home is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Baptist Retirement Home
Baptist Retirement Home is located in Illinois
Baptist Retirement Home
Baptist Retirement Home is located in the United States
Baptist Retirement Home
Location316 Randolph St., Maywood, Illinois
Coordinates41°53′04″N 87°50′14″W / 41.88444°N 87.83722°W / 41.88444; -87.83722
Built1930 (1930)
ArchitectElmer C. Roberts
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.100001765[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 2017

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2017" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Ramsey, Emily; Tatum, Raymond Terry (February 27, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Retirement Home" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved September 26, 2020.[dead link]