Historic Structures Database

Klein Building

Location: 206 N. Franklin Street

AHRS#: JUN-332

CBJ#: B-54

Parcel#: 1C070A040030

Year Built: 1926

Architectural Style: Other/ Juneau Folk

Architect/Contractor: L.F. Morris, contractor

Historic Name: Klein Building

Historic Period: Peak Gold Mining Era 1921-1944

Historic Integrity: altered/preserved

Neighborhood: Juneau Townsite

Date of Local Designation: Not Designated

Date of National Register Designation: Not Registered

View 1 - Klein Building,206 N. Franklin Street

Additional Information

General Description

The structure is two-stories with a flat roof and concrete foundation. It is sided with vertical wood siding. It features a varied height parapet wall, chamfered corner entry, and wrap around wood canopy. It has double hung windows on the second story and storefront windows at street level.

Historical Information

Constructed in 1926 by L. F. Morris who owned a construction company in Juneau. Purchased by B.M. Krafft, cabinetmaker, who sold it to John J. Klein, building contractor, in 1944. Klein owned the building until he sold to Kenneth and Pearl Morgan in 1976.

Historic Use

commercial

Source

Juneau Townsite Building Survey, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, September 1988

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