Patten Colony Farm

The Patten Colony Farm is a historic farm property in Palmer, Alaska. It is located near milepost 39.9 on the Glenn Highway, and is a relatively complete instance of a farmstead established in the 1930s as part of the Matanuska Valley Colony initiative. The complex consists of eight buildings, six of which were built in the 1930s. The main house is an L-shaped log structure with a concrete foundation, a rarity in the colony. Smaller outbuildings include a log outhouse, a chicken house, and two barns, one of which is the only surviving horse barn (out of two built) of the colony.[2]

Patten Colony Farm
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Patten Colony Farm is located in Alaska
Patten Colony Farm
LocationMile 39.9 of the Glenn Highway, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) southwest of Palmer, Alaska
Coordinates61°34′43″N 149°08′29″W
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1940 (1940)
Built byWorks Progress Administration
ArchitectDavid Williams
MPSSettlement and Economic Development of Alaska's Matanuska--Susitna Valley MPS
NRHP reference No.91000776[1]
AHRS No.ANC-472
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1991

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Fran Seager-Boss and Lawrence E. Roberts (September 30, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Patten Colony Farm / AHRS site No. ANC-47". National Park Service. Retrieved January 25, 2015. With seven photos.


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