History
Established in 1933-34 under the Federal Homestead Act, Arthurdale was one of several model planned communities nationwide and a pet project of Eleanor Roosevelt, created to assist unemployed people through self-sufficient farming and handicrafts. The town was built on 2,400 acres and included 165 homes on 4-acre plots, schools, chicken and dairy farms, furniture, pottery, metal and textile shops, a store, a community hall, and an inn.
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Arthurdale, West Virginia · United States
