- City:
- Palmer, AK
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, Resettlement Communities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Housing Programs, Work Relief Programs, Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
This 1935 Colony House was built as part of the New Deal resettlement program that brought colonists from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin to Palmer Alaska in 1935.
The building has recently been restored and accepted to the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the recent Recipient of the 2013 Alaska Association for Historic Preservation Award of Excellence.
Source notes
www.campbellhousealaska.com https://www.newdeallegacy.org/new_deal_towns.html https://matanuskabarns.wordpress.com/Site originally submitted by Sheri Hamming on November 19, 2013.
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