Arthurdale, West Virginia

E475815

Arthurdale, West Virginia, is a historic New Deal-era planned community established in the 1930s as a homestead project championed by Eleanor Roosevelt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arthurdale, West Virginia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal homestead project ⓘ
census-designated place ⓘ
planned community ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
associatedWithPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
associatedWithProgram Subsistence Homesteads Program ⓘ
championedBy Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedAs model community ⓘ
developedDuring New Deal ⓘ
federalAgencyInvolved Resettlement Administration ⓘ
Subsistence Homesteads Division ⓘ
governingBody Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. ⓘ
hasArchitectureStyle Cape Cod-style houses ⓘ
Colonial Revival ⓘ
hasAreaCode 304 ⓘ
681 ⓘ
hasCommunityOrganization Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 39.495 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude -79.815 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Arthurdale School ⓘ
hasFeature community center ⓘ
cooperative store ⓘ
craft workshops ⓘ
small farms ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic district ⓘ
hasMuseum Arthurdale Heritage Center ⓘ
hasPopulationCensus2010 765 ⓘ
hasRoadAccessVia West Virginia Route 92 ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachia ⓘ
Preston County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter Richard Arthur ⓘ
near Morgantown, West Virginia ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1989 ⓘ
originalPurpose relocation site for impoverished families ⓘ
subsistence homestead community ⓘ
partOf United States federal homestead program ⓘ
postalCode 26520 ⓘ
preserves Appalachian homestead culture ⓘ
New Deal history ⓘ
significantPeriod 1930s ⓘ
visitedBy Eleanor Roosevelt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Preston County, West Virginia → contains → Arthurdale, West Virginia ⓘ