Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures City and Borough of ...

INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES
City and Borough of Juneau
AHRS#:
JUN-187
CBJ #: A-26
HISTORIC NAME:
Seward Building
DATE(S): 1913
LOCATION:
145 S. Franklin Street
LOT /BLOCK #:
Lot FR-2 Block H Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: 4S'x68', 2-story structure, flat roof, wood frame construction,
double-drop siding; multiple decorated box cornices along roof-line;
decorative horizontal wood work with additional cornices between 1st and 2nd
floors. "Eyelid" display windows; recessed entry way; street canopy, concrete
foundation.
SIGNIFICANCE: Constructed for Judge Thomas Lyons, Assistant Attorney General
and original trustee of township land claim entries, R.E. Robertson, one-time
mayor of Juneau and J.F. Muller, editor of Alaska Daily Record. The building
originally housed Simpkins &Freeman, a stationery story and book bindery.
SOURCES: 4; 5; 7; 21.
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AHRS#:
JUN-1SO
CBJ #: A-27
HISTORIC NAME:
Goldstein Building
DATE(S): 1914
LOCATION:
130 Seward Street
LOT /BLOCK #:
Lot 5 Block 2 Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: 100'xlOO', 5-story structure, flat roof, wood formed reinforced
concrete construction; full concrete basement. 1st· floor vernacular store
front; 2nd· story cornice facing Seward and 2nd Streets; ornamental insignias
on corners.
SIGNIFICANCE: Originally constructed in 1914 for Charles Goldstein at a cost
of $75,000. At one time the building housed the Alaska State Legislature and
the Governor's Office. Fire gutted the building in 1939 leaving only the
exterior concrete walls. Interior was restored and building re-opened in 1946.
SOURCES: 5; 11 C; 21.
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