Sites tagged "Armed Services Retirement Home Historic District": 2
Sites
Soldiers’ Home National Historic Site (United States Military Asylum)
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 site has served as a retreat for at least four…
Lincoln Cottage (President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument)
The Gothic Revival summer cottage of banker George Washington Riggs was constructed by carpenter William Degges in 1842-43 -- according to plans by Philadelphia architect John Skirving, a close colleague of acclaimed architect Thomas U. Walter. It…