Explore jobs
Find specific jobs
Explore careers
Explore professions
Best companies
Explore companies
Jennings history
Jennings company history timeline
The building was dedicated on March 17, 1942 and opened in Aprirl 1942 to provide a home for elderly persons with small incomes.
March 17, 1942: Jennings Hall fulfills dream Jennings Hall is established under the sponsorship of The Sisters of the Holy Ghost (current day Sisters of the Holy Spirit). Sister Mary Hyacinth Valko is the first administrator.
May 6, 1949: New Jennings Hall opens Auxiliary Bishop Floyd L. Begin dedicated the new Jennings Hall, a colonial style building of white brick construction.
April 1956: Formal resident activity programs begin and Jennings Hall expands Jennings increased its capacity from 103 to 143 with the opening of a new “infirmary wing” with 35 beds to provide short-term care and comfort to individuals facing more chronic illnesses.
Taken prisoner after his plane was shot down, he suffered five and a half years of torture and confinement before his release in 1973.
March 1978: Jennings begins day program Recognizing a need to assist older adults who did not need full-time care in a nursing home setting, Jennings Hall opened its doors to serve individuals Monday through Saturday with part-time care.
Paul landed a cold-calling sales job in 1983, which were the early days of telecommunication deregulations.
Kenny A. Franks and Paul F. Lambert, Pawnee Pride: A History of Pawnee County (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1994).
January 1995: Jennings Hall expands with new, state-of-the-art nursing home In order to meet the changing needs of nursing home residents, Jennings builds a 125,000 square foot, 150-bed nursing home.
In September 1995 Jennings Hall opened a completely new facility behind the existing Granger Road complex which had a capacity for 150 residents.
In 1995, after the Northridge earthquake, Paul saw an opportunity to draw on the many years of government contracting and technical experience he gained while working on the stealth fighter to capitalize on FEMA’s federal dollars that were available to repair earthquake-damaged buildings.
Fall 1998: Jennings adds first senior apartment with HUD 202 grant Jennings Manor is complete, offering 61 one-bedroom apartments to older adults with limited incomes.
Fall 1998: Holy Spirit Villas are constructed The Sisters of the Holy Spirit form the Holy Spirit Housing Corporation and build four Holy Spirit Villas.
By 2000, before others seized the opportunity to buy land, Paul realized the next wave of the market cycle by buying land while values were just starting to rise.
Fall 2002: Jennings formalizes and expands infant and child care with The Learning Circle The Learning Circle opens its doors to provide day care services in the expansion of Jennings Center for Older Adults, offering day care to infants and children from six weeks to twelve years old.
Mary Bellis, Thomas Jennings: Thomas Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent, http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljennings.htm; Joan Potter, African American Firsts (New York: Kensington Publishing Group, 2002).
January 2003: $10.3 million expansion creates continuum of care campus now called Jennings Center for Older Adults Once again meeting the changing needs of older adults, an expansion project is complete to complement the Jennings Hall nursing home and add more options in residences and services.
May 2003: Second senior apartment building opens on the campus Jennings opens St Agnes Terrace, a beautiful 42-unit building with two- and three-bedroom apartments for seniors who are 62 years of age or older with tax-credit financing.
October 2011: Jennings manages first apartment building off campus Jennings Center for Older Adults partners with Pirhl, Inc. to manage Library Court Apartments in Shaker Heights.
November 2015: Jennings Center for Older Adults becomes Jennings After careful consideration, the organization changes its formal name to Jennings, citing the flexibility of the new name to be reflect the changing needs of adults and the places they prefer to call home or receive services.
Rate Jennings' efforts to communicate its history to employees.
Jennings jobs
Do you work at Jennings?
Is Jennings' vision a big part of strategic planning?
Jennings competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompano Beach Aquatic Center | - | $70,000 | 6 | 7 |
| Merritt Island Rhf Housing Inc | 1986 | $8.9M | 134 | - |
| Tuscarawas County Senior Ctr | 1979 | $5.0M | 125 | - |
| Kenney Machinery | 1982 | $1.6M | 10 | 2 |
| Priority One Services | 1986 | $37.5M | 50 | 18 |
| lakeforest | 1998 | $1.3M | 50 | 10 |
| Crossroads | 1974 | $4.7M | 19 | 57 |
| Vitality | 2005 | $33.2M | 620 | 208 |
| Innovative Services | 1999 | $45.0M | 600 | 58 |
| iCare | 2011 | $51.0M | 200 | 36 |
Jennings history FAQs
Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Jennings, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Jennings. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Jennings. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Jennings. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Jennings and its employees or that of Zippia.
Jennings may also be known as or be related to JENNINGS MANOR HOUSING CORPORATION, Jennings, Jennings Center For Older Adults and Jennings Center for Older Adults.