Patten Colony Farm

USA / Alaska / Palmer /
 farm, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
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Historic farm listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1935
Architect: David Williams, Works Progress Administration
Expanded: 1972 (greenhouse addition on main house)
Area: 40 acres
Outbuildings: outhouse; brood house; 2 greenhouses; several attached mobile homes; several sheds; 2 chicken coops; stallion barn; barn; hay silos; quonset shed
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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patten_Colony_Farm
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Coordinates:   61°34'46"N   149°8'37"W
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