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

View 1 - Alaskan Hotel,165 S. Franklin Street
View 2 - Alaskan Hotel,165 S. Franklin Street

Additional Information

General Description

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 Use

residential

Source

Inventory 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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