Bailey Colony Farm (Palmer, Alaska) | NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic farmstead listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1935
Moved: late 1940s (barn shifted about 150 feet west to make room for highway widening)
Architect: David Williams, Works Progress Administration
Area: 2 acres
Also known as: Estelle Farm
Date added to NRHP: 6/21/1991
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; Settlement and Economic Development of Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This farm was built as part of a New Deal program that established farms in Alaska for needy families from overcrowded rural areas in the lower 48 states. The family that originally colonized this particular farm was from Wisconsin. The house and barn are the contributing structures on the property, the other structures having been built later.