St. Nicholas Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Nikolski, Alaska, which is located at the southern end of Umnak Island. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]
St. Nicholas Church | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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 1990 HABS photo | |
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| Location | In Nikolski, Nikolski, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 52°56′18″N 168°51′42″W / 52.93833°N 168.86167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1930 |
| MPS | Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000740[1] |
| AHRS No. | SAM-022 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 6, 1980 |
| Designated AHRS | May 18, 1973 |
The current church was built in 1930, and is believed to be the fourth church on the island: the first was built and was burned within the 1800s, the second was burned in 1898, the third was built in 1898-1900 a few miles away then moved to the current church location in about 1918, and was replaced in 1930. The church has a customary three-element design (altar section, nave, and vestibule section), with addition of a nearly independent bell tower. Its nave is larger and taller than usual among the Russian Orthodox churches of Alaska, and it has "simple detailing [which] coupled with small, economically severe, windows, suggests an almost Shaker design influence," according to a 1979 evaluation.[3][4]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "St. Nicholas Church (AHRS SITE NO. SAM-022)". National Park Service. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1975
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-69, "St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Nikolski, Aleutians West Census Area, AK"
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