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St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle County, CO

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle ...

Significance: Architecturally significant for its hewn notched log construction and roof. The Boccos firt owned it and it continued to be a residence for a period of 50 years until 1960 when it was finally aban... More

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchik...

The text on the sheet #1 incorrectly identifies Chief Kashakes' tribal membership. He was of the Eagle (not Raven) Moiety. Significance: In 1878 the Presbyterian Home Mission Society established its first missi... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle County, CO

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle ...

Significance: Architecturally significant for its hewn notched log construction and roof. The Boccos firt owned it and it continued to be a residence for a period of 50 years until 1960 when it was finally aban... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saint George Russian Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Pribilof Isla...

Significance: Constructed in 1935-36, this church is one of the few buildings on the island that was not constructed by the government. Financed by the natives, the church's separate elements sanctuary, nave... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchik...

The text on the sheet #1 incorrectly identifies Chief Kashakes' tribal membership. He was of the Eagle (not Raven) Moiety. Significance: In 1878 the Presbyterian Home Mission Society established its first missi... More

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchik...

The text on the sheet #1 incorrectly identifies Chief Kashakes' tribal membership. He was of the Eagle (not Raven) Moiety. Significance: In 1878 the Presbyterian Home Mission Society established its first missi... More

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchik...

The text on the sheet #1 incorrectly identifies Chief Kashakes' tribal membership. He was of the Eagle (not Raven) Moiety. Significance: In 1878 the Presbyterian Home Mission Society established its first missi... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built of logs, the old St. Seraphim church has a form that is easy to read: n... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built of logs, the old St. Seraphim church has a form that is easy to read: n... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Kennicott, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Kennecott Copper Corporation, Leaching Plant, On Copper River & Northw...

Significance: The original leaching plant (now the south end of the building) was constructed in 1915 and went into production the next year. The first four leaching tanks could process 300 tons of ore per day... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, New Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: Although one of the newer Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, St. Seraphim is in a time-honored form, with a hip-roofed square nave farmed by a gable-roofed sanctuary and narthex. Survey number:... More

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Sheldon Jackson College, Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall, Lincoln Stree...

Significance: The Richard H. Allen Memorial Hall is the main building in the campus design of the Sheldon Jackson College. The building is one of six original campus structures designed by the New York firm of ... More

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint Paul...

Significance: This 1905 church is the oldest building on the island of St. Paul. The church's separate elements sanctuary, nave, narthex, vestibule, and belltower are clearly expressed on the exterior in a ... More

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle County, CO

Bocco House, Northwest Junction-U.S. Highways 6 & 131, Wolcott, Eagle ...

Significance: Architecturally significant for its hewn notched log construction and roof. The Boccos firt owned it and it continued to be a residence for a period of 50 years until 1960 when it was finally aban... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage, AK

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Eklutna, Anchorage...

Significance: One of the older Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Eklutna church features simple log construction and a straightforward form, with nave and sanctuary incorporated into one gable-roofed blo... More

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchik...

The text on the sheet #1 incorrectly identifies Chief Kashakes' tribal membership. He was of the Eagle (not Raven) Moiety. Significance: In 1878 the Presbyterian Home Mission Society established its first missi... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska Island, Unalaska, Ale...

Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this ch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK

Kake Salmon Cannery, 540 Keku Road, Kake, Wrangell-Petersburg Census A...

Significance: The Kake Cannery was one of 134 canneries built in southeast Alaska between 1878 and 1949. It is located south of Kake Village on the northwestern corner of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Arch... More

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bethel Census Area, AK

St. Seraphim Russian Orthodox Churches, Old Church, Lower Kalskag, Bet...

Significance: A number of historic Russian Orthodox churches survive in Alaska, built by Native congregations in traditional forms. Built of logs, the old St. Seraphim church has a form that is easy to read: n... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

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