House of Wickersham (Juneau, Alaska)
The House of Wickersham, also known as the Wickersham State Historic Site, is a historic house at 213 7th Street in the Chicken Ridge area of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It is a historic house museum operated by the state of Alaska, memorializing the life of James Wickersham (1857-1939), an influential political leader in Alaska in the early 20th century. The house, a 2+1⁄2-story frame structure, was built in 1899 by Frank Hammond, owner of a mining company. It was purchased by Wickersham in 1928 and remained his home until his death. The house has been operated, informally at first by Wickersham's niece, as a museum since 1958.[2] The house was purchased by the state in 1984.
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Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | 213 Seventh Street, Juneau, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 58°18′13″N 134°24′41″W / 58.30361°N 134.41139°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built by | Frank Hammond |
| Part of | Chicken Ridge Historic District (ID95000420) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000360[1] |
| AHRS No. | JUN-021 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1976 |
| Designated CP | October 12, 1995 |
| Designated AHRS | July, 1972 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976[1] and was included as a contributing property to Chicken Ridge Historic District in 1995.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Wickersham House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Chicken Ridge Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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