About Winchester House

The story of “Winchester House,” a complex of eighty one-bedroom apartments behind the Godfrey Miller Home on the Loudoun Street Mall, is proof that members of various denominations and faiths can work together. A group of community members and clergy began meeting at Braddock St. United Methodist Church in 1970. The aim was to rent or buy a house suitable for a small number of their elderly to live in, on a share-the-expenses basis.

At this time the Godfrey Miller Home was in operation on Loudoun Street, providing room and meals for elderly ladies. It was operated by a Board comprised of local Lutheran congregation members. A representative of the GMH Board was asked to join the study. Through this the group learned that operating a home for small numbers of persons was no longer feasible. Thus the original group grew into a body of several churches when it was suggested exploration of building a large apartment complex. Learn More