NRHP Reference # 91000776 Year built 1940 Nearest city Palmer | Area 16 ha Added to NRHP 21 June 1991 | |
MPS Settlement and Economic Development of Alaska's Matanuska--Susitna Valley MPS | ||
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.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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