The Soldotna Post Office is a former post office in Soldotna, Alaska, United States. The log cabin, which served as the first post office for the town of Soldotna, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2008.[1]
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| Location | East Corral Avenue and Kenai Spur Highway, Soldotna, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 60°29′34″N 151°04′05″W / 60.49278°N 151.06806°W |
| Built | 1949 |
| Architectural style | Log cabin |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000904[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 2008 |
In 1947, Howard and Maxine Lee read about homesteading opportunities in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska in The Saturday Evening Post that granted land to those willing to improve and inhabit it. Howard Lee was in the United States Navy and stationed in Florida, but headed north in March 1948. Maxine and their daughter, Karen, remained in Seattle, while Howard continued on to the Anchorage Land Office. Howard found that all the land along the Sterling Highway had been claimed, but learned of a couple who had moved the year before and would sell their land and a 60-foot by 30-foot Quonset hut to the Lees for $1,000. Maxine and Karen Lee joined Howard in June 1949.[2]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Soldotna cabin gets stamp of approval - first post office placed on National Register of Historic Places". Redoubt Reporter. November 12, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
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