NHLs in Alaska
The table below lists all 49 of the National Historic Landmark sites, along with added detail and description.
| Landmark name | Image | Date desig. | Locality |
Borough or Census Area |
Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base | 01987-02-27February 27, 1987 | Adak Station |
Aleutians West | Established in 1942 as part of World War II, this military base was the launching pad for the American attack on the Japanese-held Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu. | ||
| Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Sitka |
Sitka | This 1914 meeting hall and headquarters building served the original chapter of Alaska Native Brotherhood, founded by Tlingits in the early 1900s to fight discrimination and represent interests of natives. | ||
| Amalik Bay Archeological District | 02005-04-04April 4, 2005 | King Salmon |
Lake and Peninsula | An archeological site located in Lake and Peninsula Borough | ||
| American Flag Raising Site | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Sitka |
Sitka | In 1867, site of Russian flag lowering and American flag raising marking the transfer of Alaska to the U.S.; in 1959, after Alaska admitted as 49th state, site of first official raising of 49-star U.S. flag; also called Castle Hill. | ||
| Anangula Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Nikolski | Aleutians West | Site of earliest signs of human occupation in the Aleutian Islands. | ||
| Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu | 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 | Attu Island |
Aleutians West | Site of bloody battle in which only 29 of 2,500 Japanese survived, only battle on U.S. soil during World War II. | ||
| Bering Expedition Landing Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Kayak Island |
Valdez-Cordova | Site of first recorded contacts between natives and Europeans | ||
| Birnirk Site | 01962-12-29December 29, 1962 | Barrow | North Slope | Sixteen prehistoric mounds of the Birnirk and Thule cultures. | ||
| Brooks River Archeological District | 01993-04-19April 19, 1993 | Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Bristol Bay | An archaeological site located along an ancient beach and modern river. There are twenty separate well preserved sites which have provided a large number of Arctic Small Tool Tradition artifacts. | ||
| Cape Krusenstern Archeological District | 01973-11-07November 7, 1973 | Kotzebue |
Northwest Arctic | The archeological district comprises 114 ancient beach ridges which formed nearly 60 years apart. They provide a rare sequential look at over 5000 years of inhabitation. | ||
| Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Nome | Nome | Significant for role in the history of gold mining in Alaska | ||
| Chaluka Site | 01962-12-29December 29, 1962 | Nikolski | Aleutians West | Includes a large mound; yields information about origins of Aleuts | ||
| Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site | 01978-06-16June 16, 1978 | Skagway |
Skagway | Major access route from the coast to Yukon goldfields in the late 1890s. | ||
| Church of the Holy Ascension | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Unalaska |
Aleutians West | Built in 1826 by the Russian American Fur Company to help acclimate indigenous population in Russian Alaska. | ||
| Dry Creek Archeological Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Healy, Alaska | Denali | This archeological site has provided evidence which supports the Bering land bridge theory | ||
| Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army | 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 | Unalaska |
Aleutians West | Only US fortifications in the Aleutian Islands prior to WWII, attacked by the Japanese Navy during the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1943. | ||
| Eagle Historic District | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Eagle |
Southeast Fairbanks | Historic district with over 100 well preserved buildings from the Gold Rush years on the Yukon river. Roald Amundsen announced his successful traverse of the Northwest Passage from here in 1905 | ||
| Fort Durham Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Taku Harbor | Juneau | One of three Hudson's Bay Company posts set up in Alaska | ||
| Cape Field at Fort Glenn | 01987-05-28May 28, 1987 | Fort Glenn | Aleutians West | Well preserved World War II defense base. | ||
| Fort William H. Seward | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Haines |
Haines | Last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era | ||
| Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Sagwon | North Slope | Discovered in 1970 during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, it is the earliest dated archaeological site in northern Alaska. | ||
| Holy Assumption Orthodox Church | 01970-04-15April 15, 1970 | Kenai |
Kenai Peninsula | Russian Orthodox church in Kenai, Alaska. | ||
| Ipiutak Site | 01961-01-20January 20, 1961 | Point Hope Peninsula |
North Slope | The type site for the Ipiutak culture | ||
| Iyatayet Site | 01961-01-20January 20, 1961 | Cape Denbigh Peninsula | Nome | Shows evidence of several separate cultures, dating back as far as 6000 B.C. | ||
| Sheldon Jackson School | 02001-08-07August 7, 2001 | Sitka | Sitka | Oldest institution of higher learning in Alaska | ||
| Kake Cannery | 01997-12-09December 9, 1997 | Kake | Petersburg | Built 1912-1940; significant for role in history of salmon canning in Alaska | ||
| Kennecott Mines | 01986-06-23June 23, 1986 | Kennecott |
Valdez-Cordova | Site of discovery of copper in 1900 and subsequent mining activities | ||
| Kijik Archeological District | 01994-10-12October 12, 1994 | Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
Bristol Bay | Related to the history of the Dena'ina Athabaskan Indians | ||
| Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island | 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 | Kiska Island |
Aleutians West | Site of the Japanese occupation of Kiska which along with nearby Attu were the only US land occupied by the Japanese during World War II | ||
| Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie | 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 | Kodiak | Kodiak Island | World War II-related facilities | ||
| Ladd Field | 01985-02-04February 4, 1985 | Fairbanks |
Fairbanks North Star | Primary role during WWII was major stopping point for the Lend-Lease program. | ||
| Leffingwell Camp Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Flaxman Island |
North Slope | Campsite of geologist and polar explorer Ernest de Koven Leffingwell on Arctic coast of Alaska, not far from Prudhoe Bay. | ||
| Nenana (river steamboat) | 01989-05-05May 5, 1989 | Fairbanks |
Fairbanks North Star | River steamboat; only surviving wooden one of this type. | ||
| New Russia Site | image pending | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Yakutat | Yakutat | Site of Russian trading post attacked and destroyed by Tlingit natives. | |
| Old Sitka Site | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | 6 miles (9.6 km) north of Sitka on Starrigavan Bay |
Sitka | Also known as the Redoubt St. Archangel Michael Site, this was the site of a Russian-American Company settlement, established in 1799 and destroyed by Tlingit attack in 1802. | ||
| Onion Portage Archeological District | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Kiana |
Northwest Arctic | Perhaps most important archaeological site in Alaska; caribou river crossing; human presence for millennia. | ||
| Palugvik Site | 01962-12-29December 29, 1962 | Hawkins Island | Valdez-Cordova | Includes a large midden yielding information about Eskimo culture in the area. | ||
| Russian-American Building #29 | 01987-05-28May 28, 1987 | Sitka |
Sitka | Siding covered log building; dates back to the years after the 1867 purchase of Alaska. | ||
| Russian-American Magazin | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Kodiak | Kodiak Island | Storehouse building associated with the Russian and then the American trading companies active in Alaska. | ||
| Russian Bishop's House | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Sitka |
Sitka | One of four surviving examples of Russian Colonial Style architecture in the Western Hemisphere. | ||
| St. Michael's Cathedral | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Sitka |
Sitka | Primary evidence of Russian influence in North America. | ||
| Seal Island Historic District | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Pribilof Islands |
Aleutians West | Historic buildings related to Northern Fur Seal hunting in the Pribilof Islands and its restriction in 1911 and 1966. | ||
| Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses | 01986-08-11August 11, 1986 | Sitka | Sitka | Commissioned as Sitka Naval Air Station in October 1939, it was redesignated the Naval Operating Base, July 1942. Protected the North Pacific during World War II. | ||
| Sitka Spruce Plantation | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Unalaska |
Aleutians West | First recorded afforestation project in North America; Russian settlers began in 1805; attempt to make Unalaska self-sufficient in timber. | ||
| Skagway Historic District and White Pass | 01962-06-13June 13, 1962 | Skagway and White Pass |
Skagway | Historic frontier Gold Rush town and trail leading to White Pass on the border of Canada. Over 100 buildings from the era survive, though they are threatened by continued development. Mentioned in The Call of the Wild by Jack London. | ||
| George C. Thomas Memorial Library | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Fairbanks |
Fairbanks North Star | The public library for Fairbanks from its construction in 1909 until the opening of the Noel Wien Public Library in 1977. Site of 1915 meeting between U.S. officials and native Alaskans to settle land claims. | ||
| Three Saints Bay Site | 01978-06-02June 2, 1978 | Old Harbor |
Kodiak Island | Site of the first Russian settlement in Alaska in 1784. | ||
| Wales Site | 01962-12-29December 29, 1962 | Wales |
Nome | Site of first discovery of how the Thule culture followed the Birnirk culture in precontact whaling populations of the Alaskan shoreline. | ||
| Yukon Island Main Site | 01962-12-29December 29, 1962 | Yukon Island | Kenai Peninsula | Related to the Kachemak Bay Culture. | ||
Read more about this topic: List Of National Historic Landmarks In Alaska