About Us

HISTORY

75 State Street began as The Association for the Relief of Aged Indigent Women on the corner of Elm and Oxford Streets in 1854. Funded by city churches, it met the needs of women without families to help care for them and its endowment fund was formed with assets left by prior residents.

Historical Highlights:

1870 Renamed The Home for Aged Women

1872 Moved to 64 Emery Street

1926 Nursing wing opened

1968 Major renovations to 64 Emery Street completed

1969 Board of Trustees formed and first administrator hired

1975 Renamed Seventy-Five State Street and current building on Gray Street opened

1984 Wing added, additional buildings purchased, and men admitted for the first time

1999 Independent Senior Living program founded

2009 Significant renovations totaling $8,000,000 completed

2017 Launched new partnership with Avesta Housing

2019 Groundbreaking community renovations totaling five to six million dollars begun