Kentucky Confederate Home

The Kentucky Confederate Home was established by the state legislature in 1902 to house and care for indigent and infirm Kentucky Confederate veterans. The Home was located in Pewee Valley, in Oldham County, Kentucky. Applicants for admission to the Home were required to be residents of the state of Kentucky for at least six months prior to admission, to provide proof of honorable service in the armed forces of the Confederate States, give evidence of their sanity and moral character, and be unable to support themselves financially. The home could house up to 350 veterans at one time, and housed over 700 veterans during its existence. The state decided to close the Confederate Home in 1934, as only five veterans remained as residents. Those occupants were moved to the Pewee Valley Sanatorium on July 19, 1934, and the home was officially closed.