The Friends' Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting was established in 1891 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, for women only. The first male guest was admitted in 1894, and over the following decade the admission of men became more frequent. The Home first was located in a rented building. In 1893, the Old Main building was erected, which was followed in 1898 by Lydia Hall. In 1928, Nathaniel G. Hickman bequeathed a sum of money to the West Chester Meeting for the purpose of building a home for the elderly. A building was completed in June 1936 adjacent to the earlier buildings as a memorial to Nathaniel Hickman and his brother, Samuel G. Hickman. The Home has been variously known as the West Chester Friends Home, the Friends Home in West Chester, and, most recently, The Hickman. In 1975, the Home phased out its nursing care facilities, with some infirmary guests transferred to the Friends Hall, a nursing care facility also in West Chester, and a fund was established to offer financial assistance to infirmary guests in order to pay the difference between prices at Friends Hall and the Friends Boarding Home.
From the description of Records, 1890-1975. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 42799569
