Royal Hospital Kilmainham Royal Hospital Kilmainham The Royal Hospital Kilmainham () in Kilmainham, Dublin, is one of the finest 17th-century buildings in Ireland. The hospital was built in 1684 by Sir William Robinson, official State Surveyor General for James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to King Charles II, as a home for retired soldiers of the Irish Army and continued in that use for over 250 years. The style is based on Les Invalides in Paris with a formal facade and a large courtyard. The Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London was completed two years later and also
Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District The Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The historic district of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home campus, on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds. Contributing buildings in the district were constructed from 1867 to 1955. The Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established in 1866, as an Old soldiers' home for American Civil War veterans in the then Northwestern region of United States. The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Society transferred the money and property already acquired