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Garden studio
One generous room with a sleeping alcove, a kitchenette and tall windows onto the terrace.
- Private bath with walk-in shower
- Kitchenette
- Terrace level
Assisted living · Fayetteville, Arkansas
The library stays open long after dark.
Thirty-eight apartments in a restored 1928 brick house on the slope of Mount Sequoyah, with caregivers awake through the night, a piano in the parlor and a wine hour that starts at five.
A house with a history
Built for professors. Restored for the rest of us.
The Whitlock went up in 1928 as a boarding house for university faculty, and for decades the lights in its parlor burned late. When we restored it in 2017 we kept the oak floors, the leaded windows and the habit of staying up. The library is never locked. The piano is never closed.
Behind the old walls is everything an assisted living residence should have now: a licensed nurse on staff, caregivers awake all night, an elevator to every floor and call pendants in every apartment. Help is close. It just doesn't announce itself.
Charlotte Ames, executive director
- 1928the year the house was built
- 38apartments, no two alike
- 4,000books in the library, most of them donated by residents
- 24/7caregivers awake and in the building
Photo tour
Evenings at The Whitlock
Rooms & suites
Apartments with a past
Every apartment has its own bath, a kitchenette and windows that open. Many still have the original oak trim.
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One-bedroom apartment
A separate bedroom and a sitting room big enough for your own sofa, desk and the good lamp.
- Walk-in closet
- Original oak trim
- City or mountain view
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Parlor suite
Our largest apartments, on the corners of the house, with two rooms of windows and space for a couple.
- Two exposures
- Room for two
- Full bath and powder room
Sample family reviews
Said in the parlor
My father taught history at the university for thirty-one years. At The Whitlock he gives the Thursday talk twice a year and gets more questions than he ever did in class.
I toured four places in the daytime. I toured this one at seven on a Thursday, and the parlor was full. That told me everything.
Mother has never slept well. Tomás brings her tea at two and sits with her for a few minutes. She calls him her night watchman.
The food is better than the restaurants on Dickson, and I am including the ones my husband and I used to go to.
Renée called me within an hour of Dad's fall, had already spoken to his doctor and had a therapist booked for the next morning.
It doesn't feel like a facility. It feels like a very good old hotel where everyone happens to know your name.
They told us the full cost in writing on our first visit and it has matched every bill since.
Our team
The people who keep the lamps lit
Charlotte Ames
Executive Director
Renée Fontaine, RN
Health Services Director
Tomás Reyes
Night Supervisor
Marcus Bell
Culinary Director
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Help with bathing, dressing and grooming
On your own schedule, by a small team of caregivers who learn your preferences and keep to them.
Care level
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Caregivers awake all night
A night supervisor and two caregivers on duty from eleven to seven, with pendant calls answered at your door.
Included
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Three meals a day in the dining room
Breakfast until ten, a light lunch and a seated supper at six on linen, with a menu written each week.
IncludedInsurance & payment
Paying for The Whitlock
We are a private-pay residence. Here is how most families put it together, and our business office will help with each one.
Private pay
One monthly statement: rent plus your care level. No entrance fee and no long-term contract.
Long-term care insurance
Many policies reimburse assisted living. We complete the monthly forms for your carrier.
VA Aid & Attendance
Wartime veterans and surviving spouses may qualify for a monthly pension toward care. We'll help gather the paperwork.
Life insurance and home sale
Some families use a life-insurance conversion or the sale of a house. We can recommend local advisors who handle both.
For families
For families
Small things that make visiting easy.
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Stay for supper
Let the front desk know by four and the kitchen will set a place at your parent's table.
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Call any hour
The front desk and the night supervisor answer around the clock.
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Care conferences
We meet with you and your parent at move-in, after thirty days and every six months after.
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Guest room
Visiting from out of town? Our guest room on the second floor can be booked by the night.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Northwest Arkansas readers' choice · senior living (sample)
- Historic preservation award · adaptive reuse (sample)
- Arkansas licensed assisted living facility
- Member, regional chamber of commerce
Join the night shift
We're looking for caregivers who like a quiet, well-run house and residents who stay up late.
Visit
Up the hill from the square
- 418 E Whitlock Street
Fayetteville, AR
Guest parking is in the brick courtyard off Whitlock Street. The side entrance under the iron canopy has a ramp and an automatic door. - (479) 555-0172
- Text us
- frontdesk@thewhitlock.example
- The Whitlock Assisted Living
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat10a – 7p
- Evening tours, ThuUntil 8:30p
- Front desk24 hours
- Families visitAny time
Thursday tours run late so working families can come after supper. The front desk is staffed all night.
Come see it with the lamps on.
Call or text Charlotte to arrange an evening tour. Thursdays we stay open until eight-thirty.