Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures City and Borough of ...
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INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES<br />
. <strong>City</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>of</strong> Juneau<br />
AHRS#:<br />
JUN-20l<br />
CBJ #: A-34<br />
HISTORIC NAME:<br />
Decker Buil di ng<br />
DATE(S): 1887;1935<br />
LOCATION: 231 S. Franklin Street<br />
LOT/BLOCK #:<br />
Lot 1 Block L Juneau Townsite<br />
DESCRIPTION: 48'x65 1 ; 3-story structure, flat ro<strong>of</strong>, stucco over lapped siding<br />
construction; decorative b<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> fluting; concrete foundation.<br />
SIGNIFICANCE: Edward Decker arrived in Juneau in 1882 <strong>and</strong> opened a general<br />
merch<strong>and</strong>ise store on the site in 1887. The original building was razed in<br />
1908, rebuilt <strong>and</strong> razed again in 1935. Decker's widow built the present<br />
structure on the site.<br />
SOURCES: 5; llA, p, 13; 21 (1903 ed l .<br />
AHRS#: JUN-020 CBJ #: A-35<br />
HISTORIC NAME:<br />
Elks Hall<br />
DATE(S): 1913<br />
LOCATION:<br />
109 S. Franklin Street<br />
LOT/BLOCK #:<br />
Lot 6, 7, 8 Block 13 Juneau Townsite<br />
DESCRIPTION: 2-story concrete structure,<br />
canopy; glass block windows on street level.<br />
below ro<strong>of</strong>-line; sloping lot.<br />
flat ro<strong>of</strong>, stepped-down street<br />
Overhanging concrete decorations<br />
SIGNIFICANCE: Location <strong>of</strong> first meeting <strong>of</strong> Territorial Legislature on March<br />
3, 1913. L. V. Ray <strong>of</strong> Seward was President <strong>of</strong> the Senate <strong>and</strong> Earnest B.<br />
Collins <strong>of</strong> Fox was Speaker <strong>of</strong> the House.<br />
SOURCES: 7; 10, p, 5.
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