Cape Nome Roadhouse

The Cape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on the Iditarod Trail. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to the Nome area during the Nome Gold Rush, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typical New England saltbox house, although its main entrance is on what would normally be considered the side of such a building. Its oldest portion is a log structure, which was expanded with lumber wood framing, and the whole building is now covered with clapboard siding. It is the only structure surviving from the route of a 650-mile (1,050 km) delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 achieved by a relay of dogsled teams. The roadhouse declined with the advent of aviation to the area, and was used as an orphanage, a military communications facility during World War II, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.[2]

Cape Nome Roadhouse
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Cape Nome Roadhouse, from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Cape Nome Roadhouse is located in Alaska
Cape Nome Roadhouse
LocationMile 14 of Nome-Council Highway
Nearest cityNome, Alaska
Coordinates64°26′33″N 164°58′38″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1901 (1901)
Architectural styleNew England salt box
NRHP reference No.76000361[1]
AHRS No.SOL-069
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated AHRSMarch 1972

The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Cape Nome Roadhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
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