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Help us Restore & Reopen the 1889 Home Chapel

chapelAt the forefront of the Soldiers Home Foundation Inc.’s efforts is the restoration and rebirth of the National Soldiers Home Historic District’s spiritual center—the Home Chapel. Adjacent to Wood National Cemetery, the 7,000-square foot Chapel has special meaning for veterans and the community. From the beginning the Home Chapel has been a place of prayer, refuge, and true patriotism and has stood as silent sentry over the fallen.

The Foundation intends to restore the Chapel to National Register of Historic Places standards and reopen it to again serve veterans and the community as a place of gathering, counseling, and non-denominal religious events, including veteran funerals.

Chapel History & Architecture

Chapel Programming Plans

Chapel Restoration Timetable

Chapel Restoration Budget Summary

How You Can Help

Chapel Donors List 2005-07

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Thank you to the following donors to the Chapel Restoration project! If you would like to join them, visit the How You Can Help section of this web site.

 
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The Milwaukee Soldiers Home Foundation, Inc. has, to date, raised over $200,000 toward restoring the National Soldiers Home Historic District's 1889 Chapel. We've used donations to complete lead, asbestos and animal abatement at the Chapel as well as architectural plans and the required Historic Structures Report. In addition, we've obtained $1.37 million in National Park Service tax credits toward the $6 million project. We need your help to meet the immediate need of raising $500,000 to begin Phase I of the Chapel Restoration project, restoring the damaged Chapel's roof, the first Phase of the Chapel Restoration Project. To donate cash, goods, or time and talent to the project, visit the Chapel Restoration section of this Web site.