- City:
- Palmer, AK
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1940
- Designer:
- David Williams
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Herried House, also known as Grow House, was built by the Work Progress Administration. the house was originally part of a colony farm. The structure “is an example of a farm house associated with the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation project in the Matanuska Valley. The house is a one-and-one-half story log structure and has a rectangular floor plan. It measures 25’x 32’without the garage. The entry vestibule on the north side has a parallel orientation with the gable roof ridge. A concrete block chimney, a change at a later date, rises from the center of the roof. The small entry vestibule also has a gable roof.”
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Herried_House, accessed on June 13, 2017. Wikipedia Page for Herried_House, accessed on June 13, 2017.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on June 13, 2017.
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