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The Matanuska Colony Historic District was established in 1991 to recognize the unique history and architecture of the Matanuska Colony Community Center, built in 1935 and 1936 as the central area of the Matanuska Colony Project. At the land drawing on May 23, 1935, colonists picked numbers out of a box to select their 40-acre tracts. The Colony Community Center concentrated the school, hospital, agricultural processing facility, and retail services in a central location to serve the outlying Colony Project farms. Architect David Williams designed the Community Center in the indigenous architecture style, reflecting a sensible, economical, and functional approach. The historic district covers 80 acres and includes fifteen buildings and two structures.
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