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This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Alaska, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Alaska. Only buildings built prior to 1880 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.
The Chief Kashakes House, also known as the Eagle Tail House and Chief Kah-Shakes House, is a historic Tlingit clan house in Saxman, Alaska. Built in 1895 using balloon framing, the two story wood-frame structure was the first structure built in Saxman, and is the only surviving clan house of its type there. It has a hip roof, and is clad in ...
Building Image Location State First built Use Notes San Juan City Hall: Old San Juan: PR 1604 Government Oldest building used as a city hall in Puerto Rico, first built as the Cabildo de Puerto Rico. Built in stages between 1604 and 1789. The façade dates to 1840. Porta Coeli: San Germán: PR 1609 Religious Located in the San Germán Historic ...
Building Image Location Country or territory First built Use Notes Casa del Cordón: Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 1502–1503 Isabelline Gothic house: Oldest European stone house in the Americas and probably the first European two-story house. [10] [11] [12] Remaining sections of the Santo Domingo City Walls: Santo Domingo Dominican ...
In 1867, site of Russian flag lowering and American flag raising marking the transfer of Alaska to the U.S.; in 1959, after Alaska admitted as 49th state, site of first official raising of 49-star U.S. flag; also known as Castle Hill and Baranof Castle. 5: Anangula Site: Anangula Site
International style architecture in Alaska (1 P) M. ... List of the oldest buildings in Alaska This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 16:02 (UTC). ...
It was built out of hewn logs in 1903 by Charles H. Anway, the first homesteader to settle in the Haines area. When first built, the cabin was L-shaped with a cross-gable roof with wood shingles. Anway later extended the building, giving it a T shape, and added a layer of metal from flattened cans; the roof has since been covered in galvanized ...
Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km 2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km 2). [70] Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income). [71]