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Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Avenue, Sandusky, Erie County, OH

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Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Avenue, Sandusky, Erie County, OH

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Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Civil War veterans. The Home opened in November, 1888 with 17 residents. During its peak years it had over 2,000 residents, and since its opening it has served over 55,000 Ohio veterans from all major U.S. conflicts. The name was changed to Ohio Veterans' Home in 1979. Current population is about 550. The Home is the legacy of Ohio's movement in the 19th century to establish state-supported institutions to aid the handicapped, the ill and the destitute. The site of the Home, which is generally flat, was designed by Herman Haerline of Cincinnati. The plan he developed created a park-like atmosphere with extensive open space, the principle buildings located along curvilinear roads and paths, rather than being arranged in a grid or a formal pattern.
Survey number: HABS OH-2360
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002063

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

Sandusky (Ohio)41.42170, -82.68283
Google Map of 41.4217023, -82.6828285
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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