Lewis Building/ First National Bank Building

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This two-story wood frame building measures 41' x 67'. It has wood siding, a full concrete basement and a flat roof. The building has fixed windows above the sidewalk canopy and double-hung windows on the second floor. It has a flat projecting cornice with decorative wood corbels. In 1985, owners added a similar cornice to the back; placed new double hung windows that match the historic ones on the second floor; and added storefront windows, similar to the originals, to the first floor. The transom windows have been filled, but appear as recessed panels and depict the original massing.

The First National Bank moved into the Lewis Building on December 21, 1898 and remained until a fire in 1925 caused them to move to the Hellenthal Building. Other businesses that occupied the building included Burford's Corner, a card and billiard parlor, and the Purity Pharmacy. In the 1920s the second floor housed the Alaska Road Commission and the offices of Dr. L.P. Dawes. In 1934, a twenty-four foot bar from a Douglas establishment was installed in Burford's Corner.

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Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures, City and Borough of Juneau, March 1986; http/www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum/forms/digitalbob/index.php; National Register Nomination, June 17, 1994