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About Valley
Manor
"The
Willows" (circa
1900) -the
former estate located at 1570 East Avenue
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In 1967, the Presbyterian Residence
Center Corporation met in the Rochester Chamber
of Commerce Building to plan what would become the first
independent retirement community in New York State.
PRCC purchased the property at 1570 East Avenue from the United
Cerebral Palsy Association, which was relocating to the Al
Sigl Center.
The name "Valley Manor" was adopted, and with a
donation by Edward Harris, a partner at Harris, Beach, construction
began in 1969 on an innovative poured concrete design
by Carl Kalber, the architect who planned the Strasenburgh
Planetarium.
Valley Manor Apartments opened in July of 1971 to rave reviews.
The newspaper reported "You have to be at least 62 years
old to live in the Valley Manor...But from the way everyone
was 'oohing and aahing' at yesterday's dedication ceremonies,
many a person far shy of the three-score-and-two mark wouldn't
mind hanging their hat there."
Timeline
| 1971 |
Valley Manor
opens
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| 1972 |
The Valley Manor Resident Association forms |
| 1978 |
Personal Care Services Agency organizes
to provide on-site nursing and health maintenance
care |
| 1979 |
Valley Manor establishes its Endowment Fund |
| 1985 |
1570 Gallery opens |
| 1987 |
Valley Dinner Club home-delivered
meals program begins |
| 1989 |
Club 24 Senior Living At Home program
begins |
| 1990 |
The Senior Class Day Program opens |
| 1991 |
New addition adds Health & Fitness Center, The
Countinghouse banking & postal services, Deli,
and Chapel |
| 1994 |
Valley Manor purchases the former Dickens
Restaurant building to create The Schmitt Senior
Resource Center |
| 1999 |
Valley Manor joins with Kirkhaven to create Seniorsfirst Communities
and Services (The Presbyterian Homes and Services
of Genesee Valley, Inc.), an affiliation designed to
combine resources, ease transitions, and provide a wider
range of services for the senior population of Rochester. |
| 2002 |
Assistive Living at Valley Manor,
an eight-unit apartment complex, opens to provide housing
that includes daily personal and healthcare services. |
| 2003 |
Seniorsfirst Services brings together At-Home
Services (formerly Club 24), Personal Care Services,
Health & Fitness, and Day & Respite
Programs (formerly The Senior Class and Gold Club)
as a third affiliate in the Seniorsfirst Communities & Services
continuum |
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