Historic Structures Database

Kubach-Studebaker Building/ I.B.E.W. Building

Location: 124 Front Street

AHRS#: JUN-182

CBJ#: A-12

Parcel#: 1C070A020011

Year Built: 1898

Architectural Style: Late Victorian

Architect/Contractor: unknown

Historic Name: Kubach-Studebaker Building/ I.B.E.W. Building

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

View 1 - Kubach-Studebaker Building/ I.B.E.W. Building,124 Front Street
View 2 - Kubach-Studebaker Building/ I.B.E.W. Building,124 Front Street

Additional Information

General Description

This two-story wood frame building measures 25' x 71'. It has a flat roof, concrete foundation, and no basement. The building has storefront windows on the first level and double hung windows on the second floor. Remodeled in the 1990s consistent with Juneau Design Standards. The building has shiplap siding, and four storefront windows. It retains its original massing.

Historical Information

The building was originally the site of Louis Kubach's billiard hall as early as 1889. Kubach may have opened this building as the Old Stand Saloon in June 1897. In 1904, Gustave Studebaker and William Bosch bought the building and it continued to operate as a saloon. 1925 George Simpkins purchased the building for his bindery and stationary store. After he retired the building was occupied by the Miner Publishing Co.

Historic Use

commercial

Source

Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures, City and Borough of Juneau, March 1986; CBJ files; National Register Nomination, June 17, 1994

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