Campbell House
a.k.a. Colony House #54; Campble--Bouwens--Hamming House; Alaska Heritage Resources Survey No. ANC-00503
1540 Inner Springer Loop, Palmer, AK Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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