Historic Structures Database
Marshall House
Location: 108 6th Street
AHRS#: JUN-172
CBJ#: B-11
Parcel#: 1C060A290010
Year Built: 1913
Architectural Style: Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/ Prairie School
Architect/Contractor: unknown
Historic Name: Marshall House
Historic Period: Territorial Gov
Historic Integrity: preserved
Neighborhood: Juneau Townsite
Date of Local Designation: Not Designated
Date of National Register Designation: Not Registered
Additional Information
The building measures 21? x 32?. It is a two-story wood frame structure with low pitch hip roof. It has a full basement, concrete foundation and is sided with horizontal wood lap siding. Features include wide overhanging eaves and hip roofed dormers. The Main Street elevation features stacked bay windows. There is a contrasting horizontal wood band at floor elevation changes and adecorative transom over the large windows on the Main Street and 6th Street elevations.
Historical InformationThe house was constructed for attorney, John B. Marshall. He arrived in Juneau in 1911 to be stenographer for Royal B. Gunnison with whom he later formed a law partnership. Marshall served as US Commissioner in Juneau and in 1921 was appointed first Deputy Federal Prohibition Administrator for Alaska. Marshall was later assigned to the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau in Washington, D.C. The house was sold to John K. and Lena Kron Marshall who made it into a boarding house for teachers.
Historic Useresidential
SourceJuneau Townsite Building Survey, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, September 1988
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