4101 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kansas. County/parish: Leavenworth.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 30, 1999. NRIS 99000456.
53 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers was established in 1885 in Leavenworth, Kansas to house aging veterans of the American Civil War. The 214-acre (87 ha) campus (formerly 640 acres (260 ha)) is near Fort Leavenworth, and is directly adjacent to Leavenworth National Cemetery, south of Leavenworth town. The home features about 82 contributing building resources, constructed between the 1880s and the 1940s. It is now part of the Department of Veterans Affairs Eisenhower Medical Center.
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