Topics Related to Penderlea

Penderlea Homesteads (D-91)

Established in 1934 as model farm community. Planned as a New Deal homesteading project of ten thousand acres.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Homesteaders at Penderlea, 1937

On June 11, 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt kicked up her heels with the homesteaders at Penderlea. The First Lady visited Pender County to check on the progress at one of her husband Franklin’s premier homestead sites.