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Town of Norvelt, Norvelt, Westmoreland County, PA

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Town of Norvelt, Norvelt, Westmoreland County, PA

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Summary

Significance: A subsistence homestead, the Town of Norvelt was developed as part of a broad reaching effort of the New Deal era intended to relieve the dire economic rural conditions which existed in the 1930s. Sponsored and subsidized by the U.S. government, the construction of Norvelt was supervised by the American Friends Service Committee. As an experiment in environmental and social reform, Norvelt was meant to improve the standard of living through the design of practical small houses and the implementation of a landscape plan for rural communities.
Survey number: HABS PA-5921
Building/structure dates: 1934

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Date

1934 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Batholomew, Paul A
American Friends Service Committee
Madrid, transmitter
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Location

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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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