Chief Kashakes House
Appearance
Chief Kashakes House | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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![]() HABS drawing of house | |
Location | Mile 2.5 of South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Alaska |
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Coordinates | 55°19′5″N 131°35′49″W / 55.31806°N 131.59694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
NRHP reference No. | 93000338[1] |
AHRS No. | KET-343 |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1993 |
The Chief Kashakes House, also known as the Eagle Tail House and Chief Kah-Shakes House, is a historic Tlingit clan house in Saxman, Alaska. Built in 1895 using balloon framing, the two story wood-frame structure was the first structure built in Saxman, and is the only surviving clan house of its type there. It has a hip roof, and is clad in shiplap siding. The front originally had a porch extending across the full width, but this has been reduced to just the central portion. Three totem poles flank the building, two eagle-topped poles to the right and a beaver pole to the left. An old Russian cannon stands near the house.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Chief Kashakes House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
External links
[edit]Media related to Chief Kashakes House at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-190, "Chief Kashakes' House, Mile 2.5 South Tongass Highway, Saxman, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK", 9 measured drawings
Categories:
- Houses completed in 1895
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Houses in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Alaska Registered Historic Place stubs
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska geography stubs