The Campbell House, also known as Colony House #54 and Campbell-Bouwens-Hamming House, is a historic house at 1540 Inner Springer Loop Road, near

Palmer, Alaska Palmer is a city in and the county seat, borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Matanuska Valley. It is the List of cities in A ...

. It is a simple -story wood-frame structure with a side gable roof. It was designed by architect and community planner David Williams, and built in 1935 as part of the

Matanuska Valley Colony In 1935, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration created an experimental farming community known as the Matanuska Valley Colony as part of the New Deal resettlement plan. Situated in the Matanuska Valley, about 45 miles northeast of Anchorage ...

project. Of the 75 frame houses built as part of the colony, the Campbell House is one of the few that has survived, and is among the best-preserved. The Campbell House property also retains the original, now restored outhouse, and the chicken coop. At present time the Campbell House is the only colony home available to the public as a vacation rental. The house was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in April 2013. It is owned by Quarter 54 Colony Rentals LLC.

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External links

Campbell House website
1935 establishments in Alaska Houses completed in 1935 Houses in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska {{MatanuskaSusitnaAK-geo-stub