1201 Livingston Ln #S6J07JXMX, Xenia, OH 45385

Legacy Village is located on the 253-acre Legacy Center Campus, which is also home to various service-oriented organizations, including Athletes in Action and Xenia Christian School. The campus itself holds a lot of history as it dates back to 1869, when it was known as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home, which provided housing for orphans of Civil War veterans. The home was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln and was a self-contained community with a farm, dairy barn, hospital, power & heating plant, gymnasium, banquet hall, chapel and residence halls. Lincoln challenged the states to help families rebuild following the Civil War by meeting the needs of widows and orphans created by the conflict. Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. In 1978, the home's purpose was changed from its original focus and broadened to include troubled children, and the name changed to the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1992, the General Assembly of Ohio voted to close the home and began phasing out the facility. By June 1996, with the last graduating class, the home was officially closed and sold to Greene County. Prior to the site becoming a retirement community, in 1998, Dayton Christian Schools became interested in the property for the consolidation and expansion of its Xenia Christian campuses. In December 1998, Legacy Ministries International was created as the umbrella organization to own and operate the facility, and the property was officially acquired the following summer. After an extensive remodeling, the campus school building was occupied by Xenia Christian grades K-12 in August 1999. Became independent and updated name to Legacy Christian Academy.