Campbell House
Project type: Forestry and Agriculture, Resettlement Communities
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Resettlement Administration (RA)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1940
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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.
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FERA Floor Board
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The Campbell Homestead
Source notes
www.campbellhousealaska.com http://www.newdeallegacy.org/new_deal_towns.html http://matanuskabarns.wordpress.com/
Project originally submitted by Sheri Hamming on November 19, 2013.
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