Togus VA Medical Center and National Cemetery

1 VA Center, Augusta, Maine. County/parish: Kennebec.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 2012. NRIS 12000826.

49 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 3 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Eastern Branch, National Home for Disabled Soldiers

From Wikipedia:

Togus VA Medical Center

Togus VA Medical Center is a facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in Chelsea, Maine. The facility was built as a resort hotel, and housed Union veterans of the American Civil War prior to being converted to a veterans hospital. It was the first veterans facility developed by the United States government.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686409

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