National and State Register

State Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Home

Rio Grande County

Founded in 1891, the State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home is the oldest veterans’ home in Colorado. The self-sufficient complex offered housing, recreational and religious facilities, and medical care.

A view of the white buildings with pitched green roofs along the street.

State Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Home (Residential units, 2005 photograph.)

The property includes a collection of buildings encompassing the 100 year evolution of the facility as well as a cemetery, the final resting place of veterans who served from the Civil War through Vietnam.

Various restoration projects were completed with the aid of SHF grants.

State Register

Address

3749 Sherman Ave., Monte Vista

Site Number

5RN.441