Home for Needy Confederate Women (Richmond, Va.)

The Home for Needy Confederate Women, incorporated in 1898, formally opened in October 1900 under a charter granted by the Virginia state legislature. The home opened with ten residents who had to prove they were "a needy widow, sister, or daughter of a Confederate soldier who saw active service" during the Civil War. In 1977, the General Assembly restored the words "and lineal descendants" to the charter. The home continued to operate with donations, city and state funds, and money and property turned over by the residents upon admittance. The home closed in 1989 when the last residents were transferred to a nursing home at Brandermill in Chesterfield County. The Governor's Executive Order 81 (1990) provided for the lifetime care of the remaining residents and transferred the building and land to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The Home for Needy Confederate Women was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1898, and opened in Richmond in 1900 to assist needy widows, sisters and daughters of Confederate soldiers. The home operated in Richmond, Virginia at several locations until 1991, when it was closed. An all female board of directors oversaw all aspects of the Home's operations.