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The building continued to operate until 1966, at which point the military pulled out and the Port of Whittier was transferred to the General Services Administration. [1] After the military left, the ownership of the Buckner Building went through a handful of private citizens, starting in 1972. [10]
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 Hodge Building was transformed into a public building with several units, including the headquarters of the major institutions and commercial services of Whittier. In 1972, the building was renamed Begich Towers Condominium, in memory of Nick Begich, a Congressman from Alaska who disappeared in the area and is presumed to have died in a ...
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 ...
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Buckner Building, Whittier, 1953. 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.
Camp Sullivan was a United States Army camp located in Whittier, Alaska from 1943 to 1960. Constructed out of a need to supply the region with military support during World War II, the area became important again during the Cold War after the Army decided to build the 14-story Hodge Building (now Begich Towers) completed in 1957 contained 150 two and three bedroom apartments plus bachelor ...
The Buckner Building in Whittier, Alaska, once the largest building in Alaska by square footage. Buckner Drive in the Nunaka Valley subdivision of Anchorage, originally built as military housing. Buckner Drive in Fort Leavenworth's Normandy Village. Buckner Avenue in Fort George Meade's Heritage Park. Buckner Gate at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. [17]