Historic Structures Database

Kaher House 3

Location: 431 Seward Street

AHRS#: JUN-345

CBJ#: B-83

Parcel#: 1C070A180100

Year Built: circa 1901

Architectural Style: Other/ Juneau Folk

Architect/Contractor: unknown

Historic Name: Kaher House 3

Historic Period: Initial Development Era 1883-1911

Historic Integrity: altered

Neighborhood: Juneau Townsite

Date of Local Designation: Not Designated

Date of National Register Designation: Not Registered

View 1 - Kaher House 3,431 Seward Street

Additional Information

General Description

The one-and-one-half story structure has pitched roof with with a front gable and a concrete foundation. It is sided with vertical wood siding. It features a small centered gable roofed enclosed entry porch with a gable pediment and a centered double hung window in the front gable.

Historical Information

The houses at 423, 431, and 437 Seward Street as well as the house at 217 Fifth Street have been owned collectively and individually by various people through the years. They all appear on the 1901 tax rolls and the 1904 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. One long term owner was Joseph Kaher. Born in Austria, Kaher came to Valdez in 1898 and to Juneau in 1917. During his years in Juneau he acquired a great deal of rental property including these houses.

Historic Use

residential

Source

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

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