Frostburg Heights Apartments

Rewarding, fulfilling, engaging

For those able to live independently or who need a little assistance to remain independent, Frostburg Heights offers rental-subsidized apartments and sheltered housing. Frostburg Heights offers an engaging environment designed to help you make the most of life.

An unparalleled location

Frostburg Heights sits amid western Maryland's rolling mountains, overlooking the picturesque college community of Frostburg. Conveniently located near I-68, U.S. Rt. 220, and Maryland Rt. 36, Frostburg Heights provides convenient access to West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Locations such as Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., are within only a two-hour drive.

At the same time, nearby cultural and educational opportunities abound, with both Frostburg State University and Allegany College, located in Cumberland, offering diversified programs for all to enjoy. The region also boasts the Frostburg Theater Cultural Center, fine dining, and hotel accommodations. Local recreational offerings include Rocky Gap State Park, East Cumberland; Deep Creek Lake Four Seasons Resort, Garrett County; and Youghiogheny River white-water rafting, to name just a few.

Allegany County also has historical significance. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in Cumberland, the site of the westernmost portion of the canal. Frostburg also hosts a portion of the National Road, approved by Congress in the early 1800s. Over time, the National Road took a back seat to the railroad and, today, Frostburg is known for its historic rail station. Many architecturally significant homes can be viewed in Frostburg as well.

More intensive health care also is readily available, with the Western Maryland Health System's Sacred Heart and Memorial hospitals both located in nearby Cumberland, Md.

Abundant social, recreational, and cultural activities

Frostburg Heights hosts diverse resident activities that promote independence and nurture physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Ranging from holiday celebrations, summer cookouts, multi-denominational religious programs, musical events, and exercise classes, activities are tailored to residents' interests. In addition, the community features College of Knowledge events-educational how-to programs on such topics as fishing, candy-making, and crafts. Frostburg Heights also features a variety of social events designed around an active lifestyle.

L ocal communities are an integral part of Frostburg Heights. Together, community and staff work to offer support, suggestions, and recommendations that ultimately add to the quality of resident life.

A tradition of service . . .

Celebrating more than 25 years of service to the community, Frostburg Heights was constructed in the late 1970s to meet the needs of the area's older population. In response to the community's request for a retirement village, a representative from Tressler Lutheran Services began meeting in 1974 with Allegany County Commissioners, members of the local ministerium, aging specialists, and others to develop a plan to construct a nursing care facility and a residential-living mid-rise apartment building.

Tressler-now part of Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries-agreed to build and operate the community, while the county commissioners offered support. Donating 25 acres of land on a site east of Frostburg as well as making monetary contributions, the commissioners helped the dream of a retirement village become a reality.

The nursing care center opened in 1978, with the mid-rise building, known as Frostburg Heights, beginning operations a year later. Assisted living accommodations were added in 1999. In the spring of 2005, the nursing care center and assisted living accommodations were sold to Tandem Health Care, Inc., as part of Diakon’s refocusing of its senior living services to concentrate on continuum-of-care communities as well as several rental-assistance programs such as Frostburg Heights, which remains an integral part of Diakon’s ministry.

Frostburg Heights Apartments
100 Honeysuckle Lane, Frostburg, MD 21532
Phone: (301) 689-2268 | Fax: (301) 689-7581
E-mail: brownmccuskerr@diakon.org | Home: www.diakon.org/frostburgheights