Historic Structures Database
Madsen
Location: 365 S. Franklin Street
AHRS#: JUN-258
CBJ#: A-33
Parcel#: 1C070H030010
Year Built: 1899, 1937
Architectural Style: Late Victorian
Architect/Contractor: unknown
Historic Name: Madsen
Historic Period: Initial Development Era 1883-1911
Historic Integrity: altered/ contributing
Neighborhood: Juneau Downtown Historic District
Date of Local Designation: Not Designated
Date of National Register Designation: 06/17/1994
Additional Information
This is a two-story, wood frame building on a sloping lot. It has a concrete foundation, horizontal wood siding, and a flat roof. The first floor has storefront windows and the second floor has double hung windows. It has non-ornamental boxed cornices, and an apartment unit in rear. Originally located on the hillside, the building slipped down the hill in 1937. In the late 1930s, an apartment was built on the original foundation. In 1982, the apartment was converted to offices and the two buildings were connected by an interior walkway. The building looks like it did during the 1930s.
Historical InformationOriginal structure was known as the Finnish Hall. Later it became Madsen's Rooming House, located on the slope above Franklin Street. In 1928 a fire gutted the building. During the landslide of 1937 the structure was pushed down the hill to its present location and subsequently rebuilt.
Historic Usecommercial
SourceInventory of Historic Sites and Structures, City and Borough of Juneau Alaska, March, 1986; CBJ Community Development files, National Register Nomination, June 17, 1994
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