Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District Explained

Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District
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Location:North of Lafayette off State Road 43, Tippecanoe Township and Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Coordinates:40.4689°N -86.8875°W
Added:January 2, 1974
Refnum:74000034

Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District is a historic Soldiers Home and national historic district located in Tippecanoe Township and Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings on the campus of the former Soldiers Home. They are the Post Exchange, Commandant's House, Library Building (formerly the Commissary), and the Administration Building. Funding for the home was approved by the Indiana State Legislature in 1888, and building commenced in 1890. Most of the original buildings were demolished in the 1950s.[1] The property continued to be administered by the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs as the Indiana Veterans’ Home[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District. 2016-07-01. Clark A. Dobbs. PDF. June 1973., Site map, and Accompanying photographs
  2. http://www.in.gov/dva/2352.htm Official Website of the Indiana Veterans’ Home