Mt. Pleasant Home

Organized in 1874 as a refuge for homeless women and children, Mt. Pleasant Home is now a residence for seniors who thrive in the warm and caring atmosphere of this beautiful Victorian mansion. Mt. Pleasant Home is the perfect solution for those who no longer want to live alone, cook, or maintain a house. Mt. Pleasant Home provides three meals each day, served family style; weekly housekeeping and laundry; wellness checks; 24 hour staffing, and much more. Planned project for 2021 is the replacement of a dated walk-in cooler/freezer.

Testimonials

Mt. Pleasant: A Welcoming Home for 148 Years
In 1874, Dubuque widows, orphans and abandoned women and children with no relatives or friends to take them in had two hopeless alternatives: beg and live on the streets or go to the county poor farm. Horrified by either alternative, 53 prominent ladies (including the genteel Julia Langworthy and the newly arrived Dr. Nancy Hill - founder of what is now Hillcrest) stepped forward to incorporate Dubuque's oldest non-denominational charity: Mt. Pleasant Home.