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The building used to be one of the largest in Alaska, often being referred to as "the city under one roof". [8] The building is six stories tall, about 500 feet long by 50–150 feet wide and is approximately 275,000 square feet. [ 4 ]
John W. Maloney. A.E. Larson Building, Yakima. John W. Maloney (October 6, 1896 – January 23, 1978) was an American architect, responsible for numerous public buildings in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States in the mid-20th Century. Maloney was a master of both historic and contemporary styles of architecture.
The Buckner Building was eventually abandoned. Buckner and Begich Towers were at one time the largest buildings in Alaska. The Begich Towers building became a condominium and, along with the two-story private residence known as Whittier Manor, houses a majority of the town's residents. [13] The port at Whittier was an active Army facility until ...
The Buckner Building itself has quite a history. Dubbed "the city under one roof," it was once the largest building in Alaska. It was built in 1953 for the U.S. military, and it housed 1,000 ...
196 (apartments) Website. begichtowers.com. The Begich Towers Condominium is an American building in the small city of Whittier, Alaska. The structure is notable for being the residence for nearly the entire population of the city as well as containing many of its public facilities. This has earned Whittier the nickname of a "town under one roof".
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (/ ˈsaɪmən ˈbɒlɪvər ˈbʌknər / SY-mən BOL-i-vər BUK-nər; July 18, 1886 – June 18, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian ...
The pavilion is located immediately north of Husky Stadium, bounded on the west by Montlake Boulevard. Originally the University of Washington Pavilion, the building was constructed in nine months in 1927 for $ 600,000 and opened on December 27.[3] After 20 years, it was renamed the Hec Edmundson Pavilion on January 16, 1948,[4] honoring the ...
Hodge Building, Whittier, 1954. Harold B. Foss (1910–1988) was an American architect from Juneau, Alaska. Harold Byron Foss was born November 17, 1910, in Montesano, Washington. [1] He was educated at the University of Washington, graduating in 1935. That year he went to Juneau, where he formed the H. B. Foss Company. [2]