History

St. John’s Retirement Village (SJRV) was first created for and by the community and continues to be supported by the people of Yolo County and beyond.

It began in 1964 when the Stoll family recognized the need for a secure environment in which the seniors of our community could be treated with dignity and where quality of life could be maintained. They gifted their estates, totaling $750,000 to the goal of establishing a non-profit retirement facility in Yolo County. The funding helped purchase the 14 acres upon which St. John’s operates today and continues to grow to meet the needs of the elderly.

The first phase of construction began with 13 courtyard apartments, two cottages and the main building which included a kitchen and administrative offices. The second phase brought a third cottage and the 48-bed Stollwood Convalescent Hospital. By 1980 ten more cottages were built and in 1988 the Personal Care Unit (PCU) was completed. In 1999 the Alzheimer’s Manors East and West and a chapel were added to the campus.

Today the campus consists of 13 individual two to four unit cottages, 14 apartments, 32 rooms in the Personal Care Unit building, 16 rooms for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients in Dorothy Gray Watts and 16 rooms for increased personal care in Manor East and the 48 bed Stollwood Convalescent Hospital, a chapel, a main dining hall, administration building and a facility maintenance building.

Three acres remain undeveloped. Plans are under discussion to build homes that would meet the needs of the Baby Boomer population and that of seniors on restricted income.