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The Matanuska Colony Project Historic District, dating from 1935-1936, stands as a tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, David R. Williams, and the colonists. The Matanuska Colony Community Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. A church was initially designed for the west end of the quad for colonists to share, but the colonists wanted their own churches, and a block was set aside nearby for three denominations. Colony farms were located within a ten mile radius.
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