{"nrhp_refnum":"12001208","name":"New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home-Bath Veterans Administration Center Historic District","other_names":["National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers","Bath Veterans Administration Home","10103.000062"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"76 Veterans Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.34584936650006,"lon":-77.34590637927957,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Health/Medicine","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A campus-style historic district at 76 Veterans Avenue in Bath, Steuben County, New York, on the west side of the Cohocton River. It began as the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, with construction starting in 1877, and later became a federal veterans' facility and now a VA medical center.","why_significant":"The district preserves a late-19th-century state soldiers' home for Civil War veterans, with later federal additions. It served as a state home from 1878 and was leased to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1929. It then became a Veterans Administration facility, and it includes the Bath National Cemetery.","narrative":"This campus at 76 Veterans Avenue in Bath, New York, began as the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New York, chose the former Rider farm beside the Cohocton River after a state act in 1872 failed to produce funding. Construction began in 1877, with three large barracks buildings planned by the Rochester firm of Warner and Cutler, and the first Civil War veterans arrived in late 1878. More barracks, a hospital, chapels, a mess hall and other buildings followed, mostly in the 1880s. In 1929 the state leased the home to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and in 1930 it became part of the Veterans Administration. The district covers about 144 acres and sixty-eight resources, including the Bath National Cemetery and a large parade ground. Forty-nine resources contribute to its character, which spans 1877 to 1959. Brick buildings in an eclectic late-Victorian manner dominate, along with 1930s Classical Revival buildings and a mid-century recreation building.","period_of_significance":"1877-1959","architect_builder":"Plans for the original buildings by the Rochester firm of Warner and Cutler","architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Romanesque / Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a hospital (Bath Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.45638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001208.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321997","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/new-york-state-soldiers-and-sailors-home-bath-veterans-administration-center-his-12001208/"}