Year	Milestone
1871	Edgar P. Benjamin is born in Charleston, South Carolina
1873	Edgar P. Benjamin's family relocates to Boston, Mass
1894	Edgar P. Benjamin graduates from Boston University School of Law and is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar
1896	Edgar P. Benjamin is admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
1922	Edgar P. Benjamin establishes the South End Cooperative Bank
1927	Edgar P. Benjamin founds Resthaven Home (predecessor to Benjamin Healthcare Center
1947	Resthaven celebrates its 20th anniversary
1972	The community mourns the passing of Edgar Benjamin
1972	Resthaven is rebuilt to become a 240-bed facility
1995	Resthaven is renamed to honor Edgar Benjamin
1997	Benjamin Healthcare Center celebrates its 70th Anniversary
1998	The purchase of our mortgage from the developer who threatened to foreclose the Center
1998	Accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
1998	Accreditation by the Department of Public Health
1998	Listed among the top 15% of nursing homes nationwide in the 1998-1999 edition of The Inside Guide to America's Nursing Homes
1999	Zero deficiency-Dept. of Public Health State Survey
1999	Established Hospice and Respite Care
1999	Celebrated Opening of Roxbury Preparatory Charter School
1999	Received special funding from DOL and Boston PIC to pilot CNA Career Ladder
1999	Graduated and Transitioned 48 "Welfare to Work" students into full-time employment
1999	Established Website
2002	75TH ANNIVERSARY
2004	JOINT COMMISION ACCREDITATION
2004	( 9-20-04 ) 1ST ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
2005	( 9-19-05 ) 2ND ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
2006	DPH DEFICIENCY FREE SURVEY
2006	CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROGRAM
2006	( 9-18-06 ) 3RD ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
2007	80TH ANNIVERSARY

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