Historic Structures Database

Koosher Building

Location: 130 Seward Street

AHRS#: JUN-080

CBJ#: A-09

Parcel#: 1C070A020043

Year Built: 1893

Architectural Style: Late Victorian

Architect/Contractor: unknown

Historic Name: Koosher Building

Historic Period: Initial Development Era 1883-1911

Historic Integrity: preserved/ contributing

Neighborhood: Juneau Downtown Historic District

Date of Local Designation: Not Designated

Date of National Register Designation: 06/17/1994

View 1 - Koosher Building,130 Seward Street

Additional Information

General Description

The two-story frame building measures 20' x 48'. It has a flat roof, and wood storefront. Awning windows replaced the original double hung windows on the second floor although the original window size was retained. The building features a simple bracketed cornice and a sidewalk canopy.

Historical Information

Built by on the site of the Flag of All Nations cabin by J.C. Koosher, a druggist from Sitka who razed the cabin to make way for his new store. It continued as a drug store under various names from 1893 to 1920s.

Historic Use

commercial

Source

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

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