Administration Building, Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Burkett
Description
A large multi-story brick Queen Anne-style building with porches and dormers is in this 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" black and white plate. Street lights, flowers and trees line the sidewalk in front of the building.
Excerpted from: "Fourteenth Biennial Report of the Commandant of the Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors Home, Burkett, Nebraska" In First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 160-161
Historical Notes
The home housed men and women (wives, widows or mothers of soldiers or sailors) having 564 residents on November 30, 1914. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
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