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New Deal Community of Norvelt

Lectures in History

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Norvelt Kitchen, Is It Dirdy?

Norville was originally called westmoreland homesteads until the federal government built a post office. The last three letters of eleanor roosevelt, and he first name, eleanor, and the last four letters of the roosevelt name were combined into norvelt. Because elenor roose Roosevelt was like the patron saint of the subsistence homestead community,. They wanted to honor her because the great support that she had given. So they call it norvelt in her honor. And if you go into norvelt to day, you can see that the volunteer fire department is connected to roosevelt hall, which is a banquet hall you could rent out for things.

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