Aldersgate has a rich history of advocacy. In 1943, a group of Methodists searched for property where retired Methodist ministers or their widows could live out their lives in peace, comfort and contemplation. Take a trip through our history and the major milestones that made Aldersgate the community we are today.
Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church appointed a committee to find a site for retired Methodist preachers or their widows.
Brothers Eugene M. Cole and Reverend Edwin O. Cole give 180-acre Hezekiah Alexander home.
Officially broke ground on what was then named The Methodist Home.
Two wings and three apartment buildings are added.
The first Azalea View Cottages were built along Forest Knoll Drive.
The Wesley Nursing Center opened with 248 skilled nursing beds.
The Supplementary Assistance Fund was started to help seniors who had outlived their money due to no fault of their own.
The Mint Museum showcasing Charlotte’s Colonial times is built.
Asbury Skilled nursing opens with 100 beds.
Epworth Tower, an eight-story building with 198 units.
Wesley Nursing Center is leased to Presbyterian Healthcare System.
Derived from Aldersgate street in London where Methodist Church founder John Wesley experienced the “confirmation of his salvation by the grace of God.”
Aldersgate announces an expansion plan that includes new apartments, cottages, memory care, assisted living facility and the Commons.
Cuthbertson Village Memory Support Assisted Living opens. Named for Board member Rennie Cuthbertson, the facility has three neighborhoods surrounding a central “Town Square.”
New Wesley Glen cottage expansion.
Aldersgate starts “Aldersgate At Home,” an in-home care service for independent living residents.
Aldersgate begins its most significant expansion with 62 apartments and villas, varied dining experiences, a state-of-the-art skilled nursing addition and a renovation/expansion of Cuthbertson Village memory support.
Music, food and cultural celebration open to the broader community.
New Asbury Health & Rehabilitation opened, changing care from institutional to residential. The Commons opens with expanded culinary venues, pub, outdoor dining, billiards and more.
Aldersgate celebrates seven decades of honoring elders.
Aldersgate starts off 2019 by opening Magnolia, the first of three new apartment and villa buildings.
Aldersgate pledges to become an anti-racist ally.
Aldersgate keeps residents and team members safe, secure and connected during COVID-19.
Aldersgate becomes the first Life Plan Community in Charlotte, NC, to offer “CCRC without Walls” so future residents have the option to age-in-place while accessing Aldersgate’s services and amenities, and benefitting from priority placement when the time is right.
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