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Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 09 March 2011 23:29
Welcome to Lemington Community Services! Lemington Community Services is located in Pittsburgh’s East End at Cornerstone Baptist Church. Lemington is where Mary Peck-Bond’s founding mission for compassionate care is embraced and continued. At Lemington, adults (60 years and older) have access to a variety of services, programs, and activities that support independent living. LCS has a tradition of providing quality Afrocentric services for older adults in the Lincoln, Lemington, Larimer and Belmar Communities. LCS is a point-of-service provider for Allegheny Area on Aging. We are a community resource that enhances the quality of life for all we serve.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 11:08

Our Cornerstone Story

In 1877, Mary Peck Bond, daughter of the prominent African American Pittsburgh abolitionist, minister and businessman John Peck, discovered that her friend "Aunt Peggy" was living alone in a damp basement. Bond and her friends secured an apartment for Aunt Peggy, a former slave who was over 100 years old.

For the next several years, Mary and her friends disrupted their own lives for the welfare of other, raising funds to purchase a home to provide care for elderly women. The Home for the Aged and Infirm Colored Women was incorporated and dedicated in public ceremonies on Independence Day in 1883. The Home was on LaPlace Street near Centre and Kirkpatrick Avenues in the Hill District. Aunt Peggy was among the four residents admitted.

Over the years, the Home has been moved and renames Lemington Home for the Aged, then Lemington Center and now lives on today as Lemington Community Services (LCS), located at 1701 Lemington Avenue on the lower level of the Cornerstone Baptist Church.

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