Transforming the Mary J. Drexel Home

A Living Tradition
For more than 133 years, the Mary J. Drexel Home in Bala Cynwyd has welcomed residents, family members and the surrounding community. 

Since 2008, significant work has been completed in numerous areas.  We continue to work closely with neighbors, and meet regularly to update and explain our plans. Now, moving forward, the timeline from April, 2010 to project ground breaking includes:

  • Formal submission of the architects’ tentative sketch plan to the township of Bala Cynwyd  (April, 2010)
  • Scheduled Historical Commission and Township Planning Commission review meetings review meetings (May or June, 2010)
  • Sketch plan approval; and then estimation of development time frames (August, Fall, 2010)
  • Engineering, permitting; submittals Township, County, State. (Late 2010, most if not all of 2011)
  • Preliminary Plan approval by Township (Estimated between 2nd half 2011, and Spring, 2012; 12 to 18 months after sketch plan approval)
  • Engineering, permitting; submittals Township, County, state. (Late 2010, most if not all of 2011)
  • Development/construction estimated to begin by 2nd half of 2012.

Liberty Lutheran Services is honored to be the driving force in the renewal of the Mary J. Drexel Home. Beginning in Fall, 2010, we invite you to visit www.libertylutheran.org for updates on future activities.

Mary J. Drexel Home became affiliated with Liberty Lutheran Services in January, 2008.  In mid-2008, the decision was made to temporarily suspend activities at the Drexel facility to allow modernization and renovations to take place. 

Mary J. Drexel Home, founded in 1878, has provided Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing care, as well as short-term rehabilitation, to residents of Philadelphia’s Main Line community for more than a century. Located on a beautifully wooded, historic property in Bala Cynwyd, PA, Drexel Home offers dignified, personalized care to the residents who call our community home.

John D. Lankenau, a Philadelphia philanthropist, built this home for older adults in need of care to honor his deceased wife, Mary Johanna Drexel Lankenau. As an affiliated agency of Liberty Lutheran Services and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Mary J. Drexel Home has a tradition of highly regarded community relationships. Professional, attentive staff members care for residents’ intellectual, physical, spiritual and social needs in gracious surroundings with a welcoming, family atmosphere.
             
 
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