Historic Structures Database
Bethel Tabernacle Building
Location: 339 Franklin Street
AHRS#: JUN-337
CBJ#: B-60
Parcel#: 1C070A100070
Year Built: 1940
Architectural Style: Other/ Juneau Folk
Architect/Contractor: unknown
Historic Name: Bethel Tabernacle Building
Historic Period: Peak Gold Mining Era 1921-1944
Historic Integrity: preserved
Neighborhood: Juneau Townsite
Date of Local Designation: Not Designated
Date of National Register Designation: Not Registered
Additional Information
The building is two-and-one-half stories. It is wood framed with a shed roof. It has a partial basement and concrete foundation and is sided with wood and slate shingles. It features a series of five multi-paned narrow windows on the west elevation.
Historical InformationIn 1940 John Conn donated the land to the Bethel Pentecostal Assembly who built a church of lumber salvaged from the Occidental Hotel on Front Street. The Bethel Tabernacle was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1941. The building was later sold and used for other commercial purposes. The American Legion owns the building at the present time.
Historic Usecommercial/ public
SourceJuneau Townsite Building Survey, City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, September 1988
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