Sawtelle Veterans Home
Care home for United States military veterans (1887–1927)
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The Sawtelle Veterans Home was a care home for disabled American veterans in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Home, formally the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km2) of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica lands donated by Senator John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker. The following year, the site grew by an additional 200 acres (0.81 km2); in 1890, 20 acres (0.081 km2) more were appended for use as a veterans' cemetery. With more than 1,000 veterans in residence, a new hospital was erected in 1900. This hospital was replaced in 1927 by the James W. Wadsworth Hospital, now known as the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. The Sawtelle Veterans Home was believed to be the ground zero for the introduction of non-native fox squirrels in western North America.
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