The Lutheran Home Association history

The facility first expanded in 1939, when the house was replaced by a fireproof three-story brick building.

The Annie Lowry building on the Topton campus, for example, was renovated into an infirmary for the elderly in the early 1940’s.

In 1945, a group of pastors and lay leaders of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod met to establish a Home in Williamsburg.

A site was located in 1946, and while thirteen of the 50 acres was a gift to the Association, construction costs and other factors made the project unfeasible.

In 1951, a hospital building in Vinton became available.

The first resident arrived at the Vinton Lutheran Home in 1952.

As early as 1954, Davenport was suggested as a second site.

Beginning in 1961, the home built three cottages, each containing four apartments, providing independence but retaining access to the nursing facilities.

The Davenport Lutheran Home opened its doors in 1971 in this new building.

In Vinton in 1974, due to the need to meet state requirements in the current building, the board elected to build a new home across the street.

In 1980 the home expanded its facilities, expending $5.4 million to erect an addition which increased its capacity from eighty to 222 residents.

In 1986 in Vinton, an existing wing was remodeled and construction of a lounge and dining room were added to provide service to thirteen residents.

In April 1994, ten assisted living apartments were opened as part of the Vinton Lutheran Home.

In 1997, The Lutheran Home at Topton affiliated with Lutheran Welfare Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Hazleton, to create Lutheran Services Northeast.

In 2002, an additional eight assisted living apartments were added to the Vinton Lutheran Assisted Living, making a total of eighteen apartments.