Acadia National Park - Old Farm: Station Eleven

The transcript discusses the history of an old farm offered for public recreation and as a summer White House to Presidents Coolidge and Roosevelt. Despite the founder's efforts, the government only accepted the property in 1942. After WWII, the National Park Service deemed the maintenance costs too high, leading to the farm's decline. For 75 years, locals have used the overgrown area as a place of historic repose.

What was the purpose of offering Old Farm to Presidents Coolidge and Roosevelt?

• To establish a new national park

• To convert it into a private estate

• To use it as a summer White House

• To sell the property for profit

Who was the nearly blind founder advocating for Old Farm's incorporation into the park?

• A local resident

• A government official

• The park's founder

• A historian

In what year did the government accept Old Farm as part of the park?

• 1940

• 1942

• 1944

• 1946

What was the National Park Service's decision regarding Old Farm after World War II?

• To preserve it

• To expand it

• To sell it

• To question its value

What happened to Old Farm after the Park Service decided not to maintain it?

• It was turned into a museum

• It was sold to private owners

• It became overgrown

• It was renovated