McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway.

There is no sheet #1 in the drawing set.

Significance: One of the few stone buildings in Alaska, the building is an expression of Skagway's new sense of permanence, maturity, and civic pride in the years immediately following the Klondike Gold Rush. Its history illustrates the important role of missionaries who established the institutions of early town life in the federal territory of Alaska. Founded by Methodist Episcopal Reverend James J. Walter in 1899, McCabe College was the first school in Alaska to offer a college-preparatory high-school curriculum. The arrival of municipally-supported public education in Alaska quickly caused the private McCabe College to fold. The building has been in public ownership since 1901, serving as an U.S. district courthouse and jail, city hall, and museum.

Survey number: HABS AK-202

Building/structure dates: after. 1898- before. 1901 Initial Construction

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