Indiana State Soldiers' Home
100 Years Ago
County Cottages

 


Source of information and photographs: 1901: Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette


 


1. Lake County (top right) - Has six rooms, bathrooms and closets on first floor, and two wards, bathroom and closets on second floor.  Lodges twenty-four persons.  Cost $2,100.  Heated with stoves.

2. Laporte County (top middle) - Six rooms, bathroom and closest on first floor, two large wards, bathroom and closets on the second floor.  Lodges twenty-two persons. Cost $2,200.  Heated with stoves.

3. Elkhart County (top left) - Has six rooms, bathrooms and closets on each floor, and lodges twenty-four persons.  Cost $2,800.  Heated with stoves.

4. LaGrange County (bottom left) - Has four rooms and lodges four members.  One room in this building is used for the post office, which is a substation of the Lafayette office.  This building has no bathroom, but is supplied with closets.

5. Cass County (bottom right) - Has five rooms, bathroom and closets on first floor, two wards, bathroom and closets on the second floor.  Lodges nineteen people.  Cost $2,200.  Heated with stoves.




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