New hospital building, Soldiers' and Sailors Home, Milford
Description
The large two-story brick building is in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate has rounded dormers. A cement staircase rises to the second level of the two-story porch that runs along the side of the building.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Twelfth Biennial Report of the Commandant of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Milford, Nebraska" In Second 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, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 205-206.
Historical Notes
The hospital was erected in 1916. During this biennium, the average number of residents was 304 and there were 33 deaths.
