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

INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES
, City and Borough of Juneau .
AHRS#: JUN-053 CBJ #: B-6
HISTORIC NAME:
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
DATE (S) : 1893-1 894
LOCATION:
326 5th Street
LOT /BLOCK #: Lot 3 Block 24 Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: 1-1/2 story, wood frame, octagonal shape with octagonal
onion-domed cupola and Russian cross; rectangular gabled entrance with square
central bell tower and dormered spire.
SIGNIFICANCE: Oldest unaltered church in Juneau. The structure was built
through the initiative of. local. Natives and has been used continuously since
consecration in 1894. > Distinctive octagonal shape is based on each side
representing one day of the week with the eighth side/day for .. God.
Constructed by Ellingen and Rudolph, pioneer Juneau builders. Placed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
SOURCES: 7.
AHRS#: JUN-141 CBJ #: B-7
HISTORIC NAME: Stroller's Weekly Building/John's Family Shoe Repair and
Southeast Exposure.
DATE(S): c. 1890
LOCATION:
214 2nd Street
LOT /BLOCK #: Lot 2 Block 4 Juneau Townsite
DESCRIPTION: Flat roof, rectangul ar wood-frame buil di ng; recessed entry ways
to both retail businesses in structure; covered with corregated sheet metal.
SIGNIFICANCE: Housed "Stroller's Weekly", a newspaper published by the famous
AlaskaiYukon journalist, Stroller White. White worked on early newspapers in
Skagway, Dawson, Bennett and later in Douglas. White was Chief of the
Territorial Bureau of Publicity and Speaker of the House of Representatives in
the Territorial Legislature.
SOURCES: 4, p. 10; 7.
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