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-2l2<br />
CBJ #: A-37<br />
P·7<br />
HISTORIC NAME:<br />
Juneau Cold Storage Company<br />
DATE(S): 1913,1927<br />
LOCATION:<br />
356 S. Franklin Street<br />
LOT/BLOCK #:<br />
Lot 7 Block 83 Tidel<strong>and</strong>s Addition<br />
DESCRIPTION: 107'xllO ' 2-story, concrete <strong>and</strong> steel building with modern<br />
Butler building addition. Floor <strong>and</strong> exterior walls <strong>of</strong> main building are<br />
insulated with 6" sheets <strong>of</strong> cork covered with plaster <strong>and</strong> cement. Interior<br />
walls have 4" <strong>of</strong> cedar shavings <strong>and</strong> 6" <strong>of</strong> granulated cork for insulation.<br />
Only original equipment still extant are two 52" York Ice Machine Corporation<br />
compressors.<br />
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SIGNIFICANCE: The Juneau Cold Storage Company is an outgrowth <strong>of</strong> a fish<br />
business begun in 1903 by 01 iver Orange. The business I s original site was on<br />
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company dock. In 1913 the firm opened a new plant<br />
in a second location <strong>and</strong> in early 1927 financed the construction <strong>of</strong> the<br />
present facility <strong>and</strong> continued its expansion.<br />
SOURCES: 14 pp, 118-119; l7C 5/8/13.<br />
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