The Girdler House

03/20/2026

Happy First Day of Spring!🌸🌻💐🌷🌼🌱🌷🌸🌼 Spring means days spent lounging in rocking chairs on the porch, walking down to the oceans edge, and basking in sun on the patio are just around the corner! And we can’t wait!☀️

02/25/2026

We have 14 lovely resident rooms — 4 upstairs and 10 downstairs — each with a private ensuite bathroom and weekly housekeeping.🧼
Some rooms offer expanded living space in a suite-style layout, and others even include with ocean views.🌊
📩Contact us to learn more about current availability!

02/12/2026

Here are clips from last Thursday’s sing-along🎶 Each week, we have activities for our residents to participate in if they choose. In the morning we provide an exercise class followed by different afternoon activities, including sing-alongs, word games, coloring, painting, and more! We take the interests of each resident into account when planning activities and are always open to suggestions!

02/09/2026

Hello to all of our followers!

We just wanted to make a small social media update to inform everyone that we now have an Instagram page as well, please follow us there for more updates and photos!

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02/09/2026

One of the fabulous amenities we provide is home-cooked meals three times daily, every day of the week🍽️ During meals, each resident is invited to their seat in our dining room and brought a specially made plate just for her. Our talented cooks include Rita, Mimosa and Angela, who cater delicious meals to each of our residents and plate each dish specifically for the woman getting it. Any beverage, tea, coffee, juice, etc. is provided and we often serve desserts after the meal. Meals are cooked in our brand new state of the art kitchen renovated this past spring!

02/09/2026

We provide a wonderful retirement option for women who want comfort and support at a reasonable monthly fee. Each resident has a private bedroom and bathroom in a historic home set in one of Beverly’s most desirable residential neighborhoods. All meals are home-cooked and served three times daily, seven days a week, in a lovely dining room. Our staff also provides weekly housekeeping, laundry service, a hair salon, medication reminders, and weekly activities, like Wendy the Guitarist. Residents spend their days in the common areas, and in good weather, enjoying the front porch and courtyard overlooking the ocean, and taking walks down to the beach.
Visit our website or contact the house Director Donna Sorrento, (all linked in this page’s bio and below) to learn more! https://www.girdlerhouse.com/index.html

02/09/2026

The Girdler House was founded in 1887, originally named the Old Ladies Home Society, located in a small house at 12 Lovett Street, Beverly, MA. The home began when a group of young women were driven by compassion to provide shelter for moderately independent women over 60 years of age. The original home housed just five ladies, but many more were interested. Thanks to community support and help from church groups, individuals and businesses, the Old Ladies Home Society was able to buy and refit the Beverly Inn property at 78 Lothrop Street, increasing accommodation to 15 residents starting in 1919. In 1967, the Old Ladies Home Society adopted “Girdler House” as its name after its first president.
Today, the Girdler House remains at 78 Lothrop Street, Beverly, MA, overlooking the ocean and providing a wonderful home for 14 elderly women.

10/20/2025

Some of the meals from our weekend chef, Steven:

07/21/2025

One of the wonderful meals we've served at Girdler House in recent weeks by our weekend cook Steven. He served up some stuffed shrimp with mashed sweet potatoes and a carrot and summer squash medley.

12/15/2024

We'd like to welcome our new weekend cook, Christopher, by featuring his first lunch with us. He served the ladies fresh roasted turkey with gravy and cranberry sauce with a side of mashed sweet potatoes and green beans. He did a fantastic job and we look forward to seeing what he does with the weekend menu going forward!

12/02/2024

Some meals and treats we've had over the past couple of weekends.

11/17/2024

Today for lunch we had herb roasted chicken, garlicky green beans, cranberry sauce, and mashed sweet potatoes. We had a rustic apple lingonberry pie for dessert!