130 Mayne Dorr. In 1884 the bill providing for the establishment of a soldier's home was passed. The building was dedicated June 26, 1888. The principal building of the institution is 160 feet long and 90 feet wide, and with the stone basement is four stories high.
Broad hallways run through the center from one end to the other on each floor.
The lower or basement story contains a storeroom, dining room, smoking room, and an extensive kitchen. On the second floor are the headquarters, commandant's consultation room, large library, parlors, dining rooms. The third and fourth floors are used for sleeping rooms, a veteran's wit having christened the fourth floor the hurricane deck. A number of cottages have been built around the grounds and are assigned to the married couples mainly. The power house and laundry, stables, and numerous other buildings are scattered about the grounds.