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

INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES
City and Borough of Juneau
AHRS#:
JUN-184
CBJ #: B-3
HISTORIC NAME:
Giovanetti I s Market-Knight Apartments
DATE(S): circa 1914
\LOCATION:
540 Calhoun Avenue
LOT/BLOCK #:
LotS Block A Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: 33·x40·,3-story structure, gable roof, corrugated metal
roofing, wood frame construction, wood shake s-iding, covered balcony, concrete
foundation.
SIGNIFICANCE: Construction prior to 1914 to be a market operated by J.M.
Giovanetti. Born in Italy in l877, Giovanetti arrived in Juneau in 1904. For
many 'years proprietor of grocery store at this location, later employed by the
Alaska ~uneau Mill.
SOURCES: 7; 14C, 1/9/39.
AHRS#:
JUN-076
CBJ #: B-4
HISTORIC NAME:
Frances Ho~se
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DATE(S): 1898
LOCATION:
LOT/BLOCK #:
137 6th Street
Lot FR-5 Block 22 Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: 30'x34', 3-story wood frame structure, exterior in the "Iueen
Anne" style, steeply pitched metal, hipped roof with four over-sized gabled
dormers appearing on each orientation; finished in a horizontal wood clapboard
with contrasting areas of fish scale shingle siding; wood frame, basement.
Houses three apartments, one per floor.
SIGNIFICANCE: Constructed in 1898 by Jerry Eicherley, postmaster and owner of
the post office. Leased to Superintendent of Perserverance Mine. Sold in
1911 to John Rustgard, 1ater Attorney General of Al aska. Condemned by the
city in 1927 to clear site for school building, the structure was purchased
by Frances Davis, noted Juneau artist. The house was moved a short distance
and became known as IIFrances House. 1I
SOURCES:
. National Register of Historic Places Nomination, Smith &Asper.
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