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Milwaukee Soldiers Home is one of three soldiers homes which have survived in the
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. It was built for the rehabilitation of
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soldiers. The building is recognized as a
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property. There are a total of 24 other buildings on the grounds which are also part of the
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History

The building was completed in 1867 and it went by several names, including ''National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers'' and ''National Home for Disabled Soldiers''. The building was unoccupied starting in 1989, and had fallen into disrepair and was scheduled to be demolished. A 2011 campaign successfully got the building designated as a
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. In 2019 a company was hired to update the building. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) worked to help finance the restoration.


See also

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Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District The Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is a veterans' hospital located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with roots going back to the Civil War. Contributing buildings in the district were constructed fr ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin *
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Further reading

*Milwaukee’s Soldiers Home Patricia A. Lynch


References


External links


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Milwaukee Soldiers Home Historic sites in Wisconsin Old soldiers' homes in the United States Veterans' affairs in the United States Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Victorian architecture in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee 1887 establishments in Wisconsin Historic American Buildings Survey in Wisconsin 1880s architecture in the United States