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Noon dinner and evening supper in the Hargrave dining room
Fried chicken on Sundays, ham and beans on Wednesdays, and pie every day.
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Est. 1949 · Fort Scott, Kansas
Seventy-six years of looking after our own.
Limestone cottages, apartments and every level of care on a shaded bluff above the Marmaton River, run by the same hometown board since Truman.
A hometown institution
Built from Fort Scott limestone and Fort Scott promises.
In 1949, with the war over and the town's parents getting older, a group of Fort Scott families bought the old Hargrave house on the Marmaton bluff and opened it as a home for twelve. They quarried the limestone for the first addition from a farm on Highway 69. The cornerstone is still by the front door.
Today Marmaton Hall is cottages and apartments, assisted living, memory care and a skilled nursing center, all on twenty-two acres of oaks above the river. The same not-for-profit board still meets in the same parlor. Families who placed a grandmother here in 1960 now tour us for themselves.
— Eleanor Whitcombe, president
- 1949chartered by Bourbon County families
- 76years on the Marmaton bluff
- 4levels of care, one campus
- 5generations of some local families served
What sets us apart
What Bourbon County families count on
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Parlor coffee every morning and Sunday afternoon socials
The same silver coffee service since 1952.
Included
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Library, music room and the genealogy room
Bourbon County records on microfilm, and residents who know how to read them.
Included
Rooms & suites
Homes on the bluff
Limestone cottages and Hargrave House apartments for independent living, and private suites for assisted living and memory care.
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Limestone cottage
Two bedrooms, a stone fireplace and a front porch facing the oaks, with an attached garage.
- Two bedrooms
- Stone fireplace
- Attached garage
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Hargrave House apartment
One-bedroom apartments in the original house, with tall windows and the dining room downstairs.
- Tall windows
- Full kitchen
- Elevator access
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Two-bedroom apartment
Corner apartments in the 1998 wing with a study and a view of the river.
- Two baths
- River view
- Covered parking
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Assisted living suite
A private suite in the east wing with a kitchenette and walk-in shower.
- Kitchenette
- Walk-in shower
- Emergency call system
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Cornerstone House suite
A calm private room in memory care, opening onto the porch and garden.
- Private bath
- Porch access
- Memory display case
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Health Center private room
A private room for short-term rehab or long-term care, with a window over the oaks.
- Private bath
- Family recliner
- Window seat
Photo tour
Life on the bluff
We believe the people who built a town deserve to grow old in it, among the porches and churches and neighbors they know. Our job hasn't changed since 1949: keep the doors open, keep the care close, and keep our word.
Our team
The people of Marmaton Hall
Eleanor Whitcombe
President
Rachel Dunlap, RN
Director of Nursing
Dr. Samuel Okafor
Medical Director
Martha Kellerman
Director of Residency
Sample family reviews
Letters from our families
My grandmother lived in Hargrave House in 1962. My mother lived in the east wing. I moved into a cottage last spring. The parlor smells exactly the same.
When Daddy moved to Cornerstone House, Mama walked over every morning with his newspaper. He couldn't read it anymore. She read it to him.
I ran the hardware store downtown for forty years. Half the people here bought their first hammer from me.
Our savings ran out after Mother's long illness. The benevolence fund meant she never had to leave.
My hip rehab was in the Health Center and my sister walked up from her cottage every afternoon.
They explained the contract at the parlor table and gave it to us in writing. No rush at all.
The nurses call us in Kansas City after every care meeting. We always know how Dad is.
I found my great-grandfather's homestead papers in the genealogy room. Took me eighty-four years.
Sunday fried chicken, then vespers, then a nap on the porch. I've had worse Sundays.
They put my husband and me in the same room in the Health Center so we wouldn't spend a night apart.
Mama's last days were in the Health Center, with the chaplain and the staff singing her favorite hymns. It was peaceful.
Admissions
Moving day, handled
One person helps with every step, from the first tour to the first Sunday dinner.
- Floor plans and contracts compared in writing
- Downsizing help and a local mover
- Pictures hung and furniture placed before you arrive
- A welcome dinner with your new neighbors
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Sample: Best Senior Living, County Readers' Poll
- Sample: Hometown Employer of the Year
- Sample: Not-for-Profit Excellence Award
Visit
On the Marmaton bluff
- 500 S Marmaton Avenue
Fort Scott, KS
Visitor parking on Marmaton Avenue and behind the chapel. The east porch has a ramp and an automatic door. - (620) 555-0126
- Text us
- welcome@marmatonhall.example
- MarmatonHallFortScott
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 4p
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Families visit any hour. During Good Ol' Days in June, park behind the chapel; Marmaton Avenue fills early.
The parlor's open. Come on in.
Call Eleanor's office or book a tour online.