| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1884/00/00 | US Congress appropriates money for a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in the West to serve veterans in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. | |||||
| 1885/00/00 | James A McGonigle | Architect | During this first building phase from 1884 to 1890, contractor James McGonigle constructed 17 buildings. The central point of the Western Branch was the general mess hall, Franklin Hall (Bld 19). | |||
| 1886/00/00 | Horace W S Cleveland | Landscape Architect | Established in 1886, the cemetery is to the west of the buildings on campus separated by a sloping grade. Horace W S Cleveland designed the cemetery in the park-like cemetery layout that was popular in late C19. | |||
| 1888/00/00 | North of the barracks is the Queen Anne style Ward Memorial Hall (Bld 29) of 1888 that once held the branches' administration offices and the Hancock Library. The lower level has a barber shop and billiard room. | |||||
| 1893/00/00 | Gunn and Curtis | Architects | Immanuel Church, a Late Gothic Revival Chapel (Bld 66), is built south of the barracks. The brick and sandstone building has 2 story stained glass windows, gargoyles on the bell tower and separate sanctuaries for Protestant and Catholic congregations. |
| Particulars for Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Cemetery |
| Owner | Federal |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Hospital |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Architectural Style | Queen Anne |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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