AKA: Aldersly Garden Retirement Community, San Rafael, CA
Structure Type: built works - public buildings - health and welfare buildings
Designers: Allen, Rex Whitaker, Architect (firm); Rex Whitaker Allen (architect)
Dates: [unspecified]
Architect Rex Whitaker Allen (1914-2008) designed a mid-1960s building for this retirement community.
A Danish benevolent group started Aldersly in 1921; according to its web site, the group was "...guided by a centuries-old heritage, one firmly focused around the health and well-being of the entire, extended family. A fundamental tenet of this European tradition is its deep, abiding respect and compassion for the elderly. And while the Aldersly of today encompasses a far more culturally diverse population, the straightforward wisdom of our original charter is constantly reaffirmed." (See "Our History,"
PCAD id: 18177