Historic Structures Database
Alaskan Hotel
Location: 165 S. Franklin Street
AHRS#: JUN-125
CBJ#: A-32
Parcel#: 1C070B0I0011
Year Built: 1913
Architectural Style: Late Victorian
Architect/Contractor: unknown
Historic Name: Alaskan Hotel
Historic Period: Territorial Gov
Historic Integrity: preserved/ contributing
Neighborhood: Juneau Downtown Historic District
Date of Local Designation: Not Designated
Date of National Register Designation: 10/23/1978
Additional Information
The three-story structure measures 48' x 90'. It has a concrete foundation and a basement. The roof is flat with a slight pitch. Two massive bay windows extend from the roof eaves to the overhang of the two main front entrances. The bay windows have their own roof line which is extended across the face of the building. The grouping of the front windows encompasses much of the second and third floors. The first floor has storefront windows, the second and third have double hung windows and transom windows above the sidewalk canopy. The roof line features a decorative fascia with dentils. There is a wood stringcourse over the transom windows. There is a low-rising front parapet with cornices on the overhang below roof. Elaborate and heavy woodwork is on the first floor and there are corner pilasters.
Historic Useresidential
SourceInventory of Historic Sites and Structures, City and Borough of Juneau Alaska, March, 1986; CBJ Community Development files; R. N.DeArmond, Old Gold, National Register Nomination, June 17, 1994
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