Puhl House

The Puhl House, also known as the Bacon House, is a historic house at the corner of Scott Road and Glenn Highway in Palmer, Alaska. It is a rectangular single-story log structure measuring 35 by 25 feet (10.7 m × 7.6 m), built out of round logs joined by saddle notches at the corners. The diameter and length of the logs reduces as they rise to the eaves; oakum chinking is used to close the gaps. The house was built in 1935 by Joe and Blanche Puhl, settlers who were part of the Matanuska Valley Colony settlement project. This building is distinctive as a colony house because it was not built by the crews of the Works Progress Administration that built most of the colony's housing; the Puhls organized their own construction team and acquired materials for its construction on their own.[2]

Puhl House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
1991 HABS poto
Location	Corner of Scott Road and Glenn Highway, Palmer, Alaska
Coordinates	61°36′38″N 149°07′09″W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1935
Built by	Joe Puhl
MPS	Settlement and Economic Development of Alaska's Matanuska--Susitna Valley MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000777[1]
AHRS No.	ANC-197
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1991

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Puhl House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-02.