National Register of Historic Places listings in Nome Census Area, Alaska

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nome Census Area, Alaska.

Location of the Nome Census Area in Alaska

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.[1]

There are 20 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the census area, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site
 
Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site
October 15, 1966
(#66000159)
About 4.25 miles (6.84 km) north of Nome, along Anvil Creek
64°33′13″N 165°25′26″W / 64.55372°N 165.42382°W / 64.55372; -165.42382 (Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site)
Nome Also a contributing site to Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites.
2 Jacob Berger House August 3, 1977
(#77000219)
308 2nd Avenue
64°29′57″N 165°24′33″W / 64.49929°N 165.40908°W / 64.49929; -165.40908 (Jacob Berger House)
Nome
3 Bureau of Indian Affairs Unalakleet School
 
Bureau of Indian Affairs Unalakleet School
May 22, 2002
(#02000536)
Along E Street and F Street, west of Main Road
63°52′18″N 160°47′16″W / 63.87164°N 160.7879°W / 63.87164; -160.7879 (Bureau of Indian Affairs Unalakleet School)
Unalakleet
4 Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites
 
Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites
June 2, 1978
(#78000535)
Nome Beach Site, Anvil Creek Gold Discovery Site, Snow Creek Placer Claim No. 1 and Erik Lindblom Placer Claim
64°32′58″N 165°24′46″W / 64.54943°N 165.41278°W / 64.54943; -165.41278 (Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites)
Nome
5 Cape Nome Roadhouse
 
Cape Nome Roadhouse
December 12, 1976
(#76000361)
Mile 14 of Nome-Council Highway
64°26′33″N 164°58′38″W / 64.44261°N 164.97721°W / 64.44261; -164.97721 (Cape Nome Roadhouse)
Nome
6 Council City and Solomon River Railroad
 
Council City and Solomon River Railroad
March 2, 2001
(#01000109)
Mile 31 of Nome-Council Highway
64°32′46″N 164°26′12″W / 64.54612°N 164.43657°W / 64.54612; -164.43657 (Council City and Solomon River Railroad)
Solomon
7 Discovery Saloon
 
Discovery Saloon
April 3, 1980
(#80000759)
Corner of West Lomen Avenue and West D Street
64°29′58″N 165°24′53″W / 64.49936°N 165.41477°W / 64.49936; -165.41477 (Discovery Saloon)
Nome
8 Fort St. Michael
 
Fort St. Michael
November 10, 1977
(#77000221)
Vicinity of St. Michael
63°28′42″N 162°02′23″W / 63.47833°N 162.03968°W / 63.47833; -162.03968 (Fort St. Michael)
St. Michael
9 Gambell Sites
 
Gambell Sites
October 15, 1966
(#66000160)
Address restricted[6]
St. Lawrence Island
10 Iyatayet site
 
Iyatayet site
October 15, 1966
(#66000158)
Northwestern shore of Cape Denbigh on Norton Bay[7]
Cape Denbigh Peninsula
11 Erik Lindblom Placer Claim November 21, 1976
(#76000362)
About 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Nome
64°35′10″N 165°26′08″W / 64.58613°N 165.43565°W / 64.58613; -165.43565 (Erik Lindblom Placer Claim)
Nome Also a contributing site to Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites.
12 Norge Storage Site October 9, 1974
(#74000441)
Front Avenue
65°15′43″N 166°21′40″W / 65.26181°N 166.361°W / 65.26181; -166.361 (Norge Storage Site)
Teller Warehouse where remains of the Arctic airship Norge were stored after its 1926 overflight of the North Pole.
13 Old St. Joseph's Catholic Church
 
Old St. Joseph's Catholic Church
March 8, 2000
(#00000149)
Across Bering Street, in front of West Seppala Drive
64°30′00″N 165°24′28″W / 64.49989°N 165.40768°W / 64.49989; -165.40768 (Old St. Joseph's Catholic Church)
Nome
14 Pilgrim Hot Springs
 
Pilgrim Hot Springs
April 11, 1977
(#77000223)
About 8 miles (13 km) south of Mile 65 of Kougarok Road
65°05′34″N 164°55′23″W / 65.09272°N 164.92297°W / 65.09272; -164.92297 (Pilgrim Hot Springs)
Teller
15 St. Michael Redoubt Site
 
St. Michael Redoubt Site
November 10, 1977
(#77000222)
Address restricted[6]
St. Michael
16 Snow Creek Placer Claim No. 1 September 28, 1976
(#76000363)
About 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Nome
64°35′49″N 165°24′26″W / 64.59706°N 165.40731°W / 64.59706; -165.40731 (Snow Creek Placer Claim No. 1)
Nome Also a contributing site to Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites.
17 Solomon Roadhouse
 
Solomon Roadhouse
September 17, 1980
(#80000760)
Mile 32 of Nome-Council Highway
64°33′31″N 164°26′34″W / 64.55874°N 164.44279°W / 64.55874; -164.44279 (Solomon Roadhouse)
Solomon
18 Swanberg Dredge
 
Swanberg Dredge
March 12, 2001
(#01000232)
Mile 1 of Nome-Council Highway
64°29′33″N 165°21′58″W / 64.49261°N 165.36611°W / 64.49261; -165.36611 (Swanberg Dredge)
Nome
19 Teller Mission Orphanage October 21, 2001
(#01001117)
Corner of Post Officer Road and Tuksuk Street
65°19′57″N 166°29′10″W / 65.33237°N 166.48611°W / 65.33237; -166.48611 (Teller Mission Orphanage)
Brevig Mission Building no more standing since 2015.[a]
20 Wales Sites
 
Wales Sites
October 15, 1966
(#66000161)
Address restricted[6]
Wales

Former listing

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Lt. C. V. Donaldson
 
Lt. C. V. Donaldson
April 11, 1977
(#77000220)
January 3, 1990 Southern tip of Belmont Point
64°30′05″N 165°25′25″W / 64.50128°N 165.42351°W / 64.50128; -165.42351 (Lt. C. V. Donaldson)
Nome Wreck no more present on the beach.
2 Carrie McLain House December 19, 1978
(#78000534)
June 4, 1990 Belmont Point
Nome

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cfr. "Aerial view of Brevig Mission". September 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2017. and modern satellite imagery with maps present in "NRHP nomination for Teller Mission Orphanage". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-24. and "Brevig Mission Local Economic Development Plan" (PDF). January 9, 2014. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ^ a b c Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
  7. ^ This location is derived from its National Historic Landmark data page Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine; the NRIS lists it as "Address Restricted"