Sites tagged "Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District": 3
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Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District: The 272-acre Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District represents an early American military asylum.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District includes a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings, as well as an extensive historic landscapes. Dating from 1842 to 1951, the focal…
Soldiers’ Home National Historic Site (United States Military Asylum): This historic site contains the country residence now known as Lincoln's Cottage.
The site, which contains Lincoln Cottage (President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument), was built as a private country residence known as Corn Rigs between 1842 and 1843. Subsequently, the…
Soldier’s Home, Main Building (Sherman Building)
In December 1851, the U.S. government purchased the Riggs estate, along with a neighboring estate, to serve as the site of the first permanent retirement home for enlisted soldiers. In 1852, retired…