A large three-story brick building is in this 4" x 1-5/8" black and white photograph has dormers, two front porches and a center chimney. Small trees and open grounds surround the building. The building was located at Fontenelle Boulevard and Bedford Avenue, in Omaha.
Excerpted from: Ninth Biennial Report of the Nebraska State Board of Charities and Correction and State Prison Board Report for Biennium Closing November 30, 1918 (Lincoln: Nebraska State Board of Charities and Correction, 1918), p.16
Historical Notes
Anyone over 65 years of age was admitted to the Home for the remainder of their lives by the payment of $500.00. Residents numbered 23 on December 1, 1916; in the next two years, 29 were admitted and 11 died, leaving 40 at the home on December 1, 1918.
