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  2. Polaris Building - Wikipedia

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    Polaris Building. The Polaris Building is the tallest building in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. Constructed in 1952, it served as an 11-story apartment complex that later became the Northern Lights Hotel. However, the building gradually fell into disrepair, ultimately closing its doors after 800,000 gallons of water flooded its basement in 2001.

  3. History of Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The history of Fairbanks, the second-largest city in Alaska, can be traced to the founding of a trading post by E.T. Barnette on the south bank of the Chena River on August 26, 1901. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but a permanent settlement was not established at the site of Fairbanks until the start of the ...

  4. Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Website. fairbanksalaska.us. Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. [6] Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the population of the city proper at 32,515 [7] and the population of the ...

  5. Weeks Field - Wikipedia

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    Weeks Field. Coordinates: 64°50′18″N 147°43′59″W. Weeks Field Runway, 1934. Aerial view of Fairbanks, Weeks Field visible on the right (1934) Detail view of airport facilities, 1934. Weeks Field was the first airport for Fairbanks, Alaska, existing from 1923 to 1951, when most operations were moved to Fairbanks International Airport.

  6. Prospect Creek, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Prospect Creek is a very small settlement approximately 180 miles (290 km) north of present-day Fairbanks and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of present-day Bettles, Alaska. Years ago it was home to numerous mining expeditions and the camp for the building of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). Today, it is the location of Pump Station 5 (Jim ...

  7. Wickersham House (Fairbanks, Alaska) - Wikipedia

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    Designated AHRS. June 30, 1974. The Wickersham House is a historic house museum at Pioneer Park ("Alaskaland") in Fairbanks, Alaska. The single-story wood-frame house was built in 1904 for James Wickersham, one of the dominant political figures of early 20th-century Alaskan history. It was the first frame house (and at three rooms the largest ...

  8. List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Fairbanks North Star Borough: 090: Fairbanks: Second: 1964-Named for its borough seat of Fairbanks, named in turn for Charles Fairbanks (1852–1918), U.S. Senator from Indiana and vice president under Theodore Roosevelt, and for Polaris, the North Star: 12.93 94,840: 7,335 sq mi (18,998 km 2) Haines Borough: 100 (Consolidated city-borough ...

  9. Old Federal Building (Fairbanks, Alaska) - Wikipedia

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    Designated AHRS. February 2, 1978. The Old Federal Building is a historic government building at Cushman Street and 3rd Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. When it was built in 1933, it was the most northern instance of concrete construction in the United States. It is a large building with three full-height floors and two smaller penthouse levels.

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