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List of Landmarks in Alaska

List of National Historic Landmarks in Alaska

NHLs in Alaska

S.No. Landmark Name Date Desig. Locality Borough or Census Area
1 Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base February 27, 1987 Adak Station Aleutians West
2 Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall June 2, 1978 Sitka Sitka
3 Amalik Bay Archeological District April 4, 2005 King Salmon Lake and Peninsula
4 American Flag Raising Site June 13, 1962 Sitka Sitka
5 Anangula Site June 2, 1978 Nikolski Aleutians West
6 Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu February 4, 1985 Attu Island Aleutians West
7 Bering Expedition Landing Site June 2, 1978 Kayak Island Valdez - Cordova
8 Birnirk Site December 29, 1962 Barrow North Slope
9 Brooks River Archeological District April 19, 1993 Katmai National Park and Preserve Bristol Bay
10 Cape Krusenstern Archeological District November 7, 1973 Kotzebue Northwest Arctic
11 Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites June 2, 1978 Nome Nome
12 Chaluka Site December 29, 1962 Nikolski Aleutians West
13 Chilkoot Tail and Dyea Site June 16, 1978 Skagway Skagway
14 Church of the Holy Ascension April 15, 1970 Unalaska Aleutians West
15 Dry Creek Archeological Site June 2, 1978 Healy, Alaska Denali
16 Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army February 4, 1985 Unalaska Aleutians West
17 Eagle Historic District June 2, 1978 Eagle Southeast Fairbanks
18 Fort Durham Site June 2, 1978 Taku Harbor Juneau
19 Cape Field at Fort Glenn May 28, 1987 Fort Glenn Aleutians West
20 Fort William H. Seward June 2, 1978 Haines Haines
21 Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site June 2, 1978 Sagwon North Slope
22 Holy Assumption Orthodox Church April 15, 1970 Kenai Kenai Peninsula
23 Ipiutak Site January 20, 1961 Point Hope Peninsula North Slope
24 Iyatayet Site January 20, 1961 Cape Denbigh Peninsula Nome
25 Sheldon Jackson School August 7, 2001 Sitka Sitka
26 Kake Cannery December 9, 1997 Kake Petersburg
27 Kennecott Mines June 23, 1986 Kennecott Valdez - Cordova
28 Kijik Archeological District October 12, 1994 Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Bristol Bay
29 Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island February 4, 1985 Kiska Island Aleutians West
30 Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie February 4, 1985 Kodiak Kodiak Island
31 Ladd Field February 4, 1985 Fairbanks Fairbanks North Star
32 Leffingwell Camp Site June 2, 1978 Flaxman Island North Slope
33 Nenana (river steamboat) May 5, 1989 Fairbanks Fairbanks North Star
34 New Russia Site June 2, 1978 Yakutat Yakutat
35 Onion Portage Archeological District June 2, 1978 Kiana Northwest Arctic
36 Palugvik Site December 29, 1962 Hawkins Island Valdez - Cordova
37 Russian-American Building May 28, 1987 Sitka Sitka
38 Russian-American Magazin June 13, 1962 Kodiak Kodiak Island
39 Russian Bishop's House June 13, 1962 Sitka Sitka
40 St. Michael's Cathedral June 13, 1962 Sitka Sitka
41 Seal Island Historic District June 13, 1962 Pribilof Islands Aleutians West
42 Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses August 11, 1986 Sitka Sitka
43 Sitka Spruce Plantation June 2, 1978 Unalaska Aleutians West
44 Skagway Historic District and White Pass June 13, 1962 Skagway and White Pass Skagway
45 George C. Thomas Memorial Library June 2, 1978 Fairbanks Fairbanks North Star
46 Three Saints Bay Site June 2, 1978 Old Harbor Kodiak Island
47 Wales Site December 29, 1962 Wales Nome
48 Yukon Island Main Site December 29, 1962 Yukon Island Kenai Peninsula

Historic Areas of the NPS in Alaska

S.No. Landmark name Date Established Location County
1 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park NA Skagway Skagway
2 Sitka National Historical Park NA Sitka Sitka

Former NHLs in Alaska

  Landmark name Year listed Locality Borough / Census Area
a Gambell Sites 1962,
withdrawn 1989		 Gambell Nome
c Sourdough Lodge 1978,
withdrawn 1994		 Gakona Valdez - Cordova

National Register of Historic Places Listings in Alaska

S.No. Borough or Census Area # of Sites
1 Aleutians East 4
2 Aleutians West 17
3 Anchorage 29
4 Bethel 7
5 Bristol Bay 5
6 Denali 16
7 Dillingham 13
8 Fairbanks North Star 32
9 Haines 6
10 Hoonah-Angoon 19
11 Juneau 22
12 Kenai Peninsula 33
13 Ketchikan Gateway 18
14 Kodiak Island 18
15 Lake and Peninsula 12
16 Matanuska-Susitna 25
17 Nome 21
18 North Slope 18
19 Northwest Arctic 2
20 Petersburg 7
21 Prince of Wales-Hyder 4
22 Sitka 20
23 Skagway 3
24 Southeast Fairbanks 12
25 Valdez-Cordova 25
26 Wade Hampton 0
27 Wrangell 3
28 Yakutat 2
29 Yukon-Koyukuk 17
(duplicates) (0)
TOTAL 410


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