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The State of Illinois selected Normal as the site of the home in May 1867 and set up three temporary facilities in Bloomington and Springfield to serve the children during construction. The Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home (ISOH) opened its doors on June 17, 1869 with 180 children in residence and one main building. Mrs.
The Grove Street Historic District is a cluster of nine historic homes in various architectural styles built from 1910 to 1946 in Evansville, Wisconsin. It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2010 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. [2]
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School opened in 1869 as a home for the orphaned children of soldiers who had died in war. The Children's Village was built in 1930-31 as housing for children aged 3–8, as the school aimed to divide its housing by age.
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Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home a.k.a. Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, Illinois [39] Soldiers' Widows' Home, Wilmington, Illinois [40] Marion Branch National Military Home, Marion, Indiana [37] Indiana State Soldiers Home, West Lafayette, Indiana [41] Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, Iowa [42] Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas [43 ...
The Coliseum is also home to various professional wrestling promotions, such as the Continental Wrestling Association and the United States Wrestling Association. In July 2022, it was announced that the Evansville Civic Theater (formerly The Old Columbia Theater) would be moving to the Coliseum after its slated renovations were completed. [5] [6]
In 1865 Abraham Lincoln approved a "National Asylum" to care for volunteer Union soldiers who had been wounded during the Civil War. [1] The Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established in 1866, as an old soldiers' home in the then northwestern region of United States. [4]
Evansville was first settled in the 1830s by New Englanders who were attracted to the area by its pristine wooded landscape and the placid Allen Creek. By 1855, the city recorded its first plat and was complete with homes, shops, and churches. Evansville is named for Dr. John M. Evans, a doctor and postmaster during the city's early years. [5]