Talkeetna Historic District

The Talkeetna Historic District encompasses several blocks of the historic village center of Talkeetna, Alaska. It includes buildings on Main Street, roughly between C and D Streets, along with a few buildings on C and D Streets between Front and East First Streets. The village was established in 1916 as a regional construction headquarters of the Alaska Railroad, and became a home to area miners after the railroad's completion. The district includes three buildings that date to the time of the railroad construction, and another ten that were built before 1940. Most of the buildings in the district are one or two stories in height, and are either of wood frame or log construction. Notable among them are the Fairview Inn, the town's first schoolhouse, now the Talkeetna Museum, and the Talkeetna Roadhouse, which was built as a residential log house in 1917 and expanded in the 1940s to serve as a roadhouse.[2]

Talkeetna Historic District
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Nagley's Store in 2023
Talkeetna Historic District is located in Alaska
Talkeetna Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by C Street, East First Street, D Street and Front Street, Talkeetna, Alaska
Coordinates62°19′23″N 150°06′52″W
Area6.4 acres (2.6 ha)
Built1917 (1917)
NRHP reference No.93000321[1]
AHRS No.TAL-033
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1993

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

"A series of signs nailed to a wooden fence. They include the following: a red sign that reads Main Street, a blue arrow pointing right, and a pink sign that says Mayor Stubbs with an arrow pointing in the same direction. Mayor Stubbs is a cat that people like to say runs the town."
"Behind the counter with the cashier at Nagley's general store. It's an old and well-used building with creaky wooden floors and eroded countertops. There are bottles for flavored coffee, various boxes of hardware, a scale and price sticker wand, snacks, an antique cash register near a computer, an old dog sled, a pair of moccasins hanging from a sign that says Thank You, and hats that say Alaska. The front door is open.""
Talkeetna, Alaska

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Talkeetna Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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