Historic Structures Database
Frances House
Location: 137 6th Street
AHRS#: JUN-076
CBJ#: B-04
Parcel#: 1C070A220030
Year Built: 1898
Architectural Style: Late Victorian/ Queen Ann
Architect/Contractor: unknown
Historic Name: Frances House
Historic Period: Initial Development Era 1883-1911
Historic Integrity: preserved
Neighborhood: Juneau Townsite
Date of Local Designation: Not Designated
Date of National Register Designation: 06/07/1985
Additional Information
The building measures 30?x 34?. It is a three-story wood frame structure with a hipped roof featuring large intersecting cross gables. It has a full basement, concrete foundation and is sided on the first two levels with horizontal wood channel lap siding. Other features include predominantly Queen Anne detailing, gabled pediments, gable dormers, turned posts and wood braces. There is decorative wood shingle siding on the upper level and decorative sunburst patterns within recessed arches in the intersecting gables on the 6th street elevation.
Historical InformationConstructed in 1898 by Jerry Eicherley, it served briefly as a post office. Then it was leased to Superintendent of Perseverance Mine. The building was sold in 1911 to John Rustgard, later Attorney General of Alaska. In 1927, the City condemned the structure in order to clear the site for the school building. At that time, the structure was purchased by Frances Davis, noted Juneau artist. To save the building, Mrs. Davis had the house moved a short distance and it became known as the ?Frances House.?
Historic Useresidential
SourceJuneau Townsite Building Survey, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, September 1988
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