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IPH Communities is celebrating our 70th year of faith and community! We have provided compassionate care to seniors of all faiths since 1954.

Learn more about our assistive and independent living community!

11/06/2025

Our morning started off on the right foot! Donuts from Krispy Kreme and Mel-O Cream to celebrate National Donut Day!

11/04/2025

We have three residents celebrating their birthdays this week! Join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to Carol, Bernice, and Joyce!

10/31/2025

On Wednesday, we celebrated Octoberfest! We ate pretzels and played Bingo. Today, we are celebrating Halloween. Stayed tuned for photos of our special visitors!

10/22/2025

Falls are a leading cause of injury among older adults. Here are some helpful ways to prevent falls this fall!

At IPHC, we feature accessible floor plans with wide hallways, oversized doorways, grab bars - all on one level. In both Assistive and Independent Living, these spaces were designed with senior safety in mind!

Call 217.546.5622 to schedule a tour!

10/20/2025

On Friday our residents and staff showed their support by wearing pink! We are proud to support the many breast cancer survivors in our community, and honor those we have lost. 💗

10/19/2025

What makes a non-profit senior community different from for-profit commmunities? Check out this excellent article from A Place For Mom!

IPHC is proud to be a non-profit community and have been operated by a local board of directors for over 70 years. No shareholder. No corporations. Just excellent care and investing into the lives of our residents!

Learn what nonprofit assisted living is, its benefits, and how it differs in care and cost compared to for-profit options.

10/16/2025

Every day we receive calls from folks wanting to see our Independent Living offerings! Now is your chance to see our apartments, cottages, and villas! Join us on November 13th from 3:00 - 6:00 pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to view all three Independent Living options, as well as our Assistive Living in Fair Hills Residence!

10/15/2025

Our front parlor was filled with residents enjoying music from Ed Clark. Ed is always a favorite! Did you know he plays with no sheet music?! All of his playing is by memory!

Thanks so much, Ed!

10/11/2025

Thanks to all our donors who made today a success! And thanks to Impact Life for making our donors feel comfortable and welcome!

10/09/2025

750+ tickets sold for Shoes, Brews, and Biz tonight, and Gracie is ready to meet all 750 of you! Stop by for more info about our upcoming open house!

Thanks to The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce for this great event!

Address

2005 West Lawrence
Springfield, IL
62704

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm
Saturday	8am - 8pm
Sunday	8am - 8pm

Telephone

+12175465622

Website

https://www.iphcommunities.org/

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Founded in Faith, Focused on Community

The Palmer Sanatorium was vacant in 1954, when the longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Richard Paul Graebel, initiated a move to buy the facility as the site for a planned Illinois Presbyterian Home.

As Edyth Anderson recounted in the April 2003 edition of Historico, Graebel announced on a Sunday morning that he had a key to the sanatorium, and anyone interested in seeing it should meet him there after church.

"Only a Springfield lawyer plus my mother and father and I joined Dr. Graebel to tour the buildings," Anderson said. "The atmosphere was almost ghostly, with dusty stacks of bed linen - even a dental office. However, Dr. Graebel recognized that the property had possibilities for use as a retirement home. He envisioned a home in which he would be pleased to have his mother live."

Following a fundraising drive, the church bought the old sanatorium complex, which took in 26 acres, for $140,000. The first residents moved in on March 5, 1956. The facility (after extensive changes over the years) is now the Fair Hills Residence of the Illinois Presbyterian Home.*

For the last 60+ years, our community has stood atop the hill at Lawrence and Chatham Roads, right in the heart of Springfield. The buildings have been updated and grounds carefully maintained to ensure both comfort and pride for those living and working at Illinois Presbyterian Home.

Some of our first additions and improvements to our main building include: the Southwest Wing built in the year 1962 and the Northwest Wing in 1972. The first four rooms in the Infirmary or Intermediate Care wing were built in 1962 and later four additional rooms, the Parlor, and Dining Room constructed in 1974.

In the 1980's, Illinois Presbyterian Home was one of the first senior communities to build independent apartments. This included expanding beyond Springfield to Jacksonville, Illinois where we constructed the Elmer John DeCastro apartments.

Today, we are still growing as we make plans to update our community living spaces and consider the need to grow the number of independent apartments offered.

In years to follow, we continued to meet the needs of Springfield's seniors with additional senior housing options and constructed two additional wings in 1994 and 2004. These wings featured spacious private suites with walk-in closets, handicap accessible bathrooms and showers, individually controlled thermostats, and big bay windows to enjoy the scenic park-like grounds.

In a speech to the patients on December 24, 1923, Dr. Palmer said at his facility opening: This new building is not hollow tile and cement, but is built from "Solid Friendship and Service"! Those words ring true today....at Fair Hills, our community is built on "solid friendships" and a dedication of service to seniors.

Our staff and residents are ready to meet new friends who want to join our community and continue to be part of this rich history of compassionate Christian senior housing options, call today to schedule a tour or email kathleen.cross@fairhillres.com.

* Excerpted from SangamonLink.org, the online encyclopedia of the Sangamon County Historical Society.