Cumberland Homesteads Historic District
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mikemtn
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The Cumberland Homesteads Historic District near Crossville Tennessee at the Junction of US 127 and Hwy 68
Waymark Code: WMKAA
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2006
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The Homesteads began as a project to provide hope, homes and employment for the people of the region. By 1933, the Great Depression had left the Mountain people without jobs, hungry, desperate and despairing. To overcome the devastating economic effects of the times, Franklin Roosevelt began a series of New Deal Programs. The Cumberland Homesteads is a planned New Deal Community built by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads between 1934 and 1938. more....http://www.cumberlandhomesteads.org/history.htm
Street address:
Roughly follows County Seat and Valley Rds., Grassy Cove Rd., Deep Draw and Pigeon Ridge Rds.
Crossville, TN USA
38555
County / Borough / Parish: Cumberland
Year listed: 1988
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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