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Mountain Home Veterans Administration Medical Center, Johnson City, Washington County, TN
Summary
For additional documentation see HABS TN-254.
Significance: It was established in 1901 as the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The establishment of the Mountain Branch was based on a need to provide for the aging southern Civil War veterans who had remained loyal to the Union and a new generation of veterans, southern and northern, created by the Spanish-American War. The Home Branches appear to be the earliest integrated Federal facilities in the U.S...
Survey number: HAER TN-1
Building/structure dates: 1903- 1908 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work
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Date
1901
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Freelander , J H
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Location
johnson city, 36.31344, -82.35347
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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
