If you have an opportunity to visit, be sure to take a guided tour which you can arrange at the office. You will be able to go in the preserved buildings as well as the museum. There is a gift shop with local crafts sold. Eleanor Roosevelt visited here several times.

Staying with friends in an Arthurdale original house, they took us to the Museum. We toured with a "docent" who was very knowledgable. We had no idea that the CCC was involved in projects of this kind and that Mrs. Roosevelt was involved in the Arthurdale project to such an extent. An excellent piece of history in a beautiful part... More

We were staying at a timeshare in Morgantown, WV and were looking for sites to see that were preferably no more than an hour away. We came across a reference to a place called Arthurdale that was approximately a half- hour’s ride from our location. Arthurdale is a small town where, during the Great Depression, the FDR administration undertook a... More

One of Eleanor Roosevelt's prime projects for help during the Depression. This is really an underutilized piece of American History. About mid-way between Morgantown, WV and Kingwood, WV. Small and cheap and standardized houses and lots for poor people.

Very nice history of era. No one else around so we got private door which was very interesting and educational.