The 147 acres (59 ha) historic district has 9 listed buildings, designed in the Victorian Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.

[4] The mission of the home is, "to honor the service of Montana’s veterans by serving them in turn in their time of need.

Charles S. Haire designed the old main building, which was built by Fred Whiteside, a builder and Montana politician, in 1896.

[7] An E. M. Viquesney statue of a World War I doughboy was moved to the front of the Veterans' Home in 1972.

The statue originally stood in front of the Flathead County Courthouse in Kalispell, in Main Street's median.