Gilmore Building
Appearance
Gilmore Building | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Location | 326 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska |
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Coordinates | 55°20′32″N 131°38′52″W / 55.34222°N 131.64778°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1927 |
Built by | Hoard Engineering Company |
Architect | C. Frank Mahon |
NRHP reference No. | 89001415[1] |
AHRS No. | KET-146 |
Added to NRHP | September 27, 1989 |
The Gilmore Building, also known as the Gilmore Hotel, is a historic commercial building at 326 Front Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. It is a three-story masonry building located adjacent to Ketchikan City Hall, and was built in 1926-27 by P. J. Gilmore, Sr. to meet growing demand in the growing community for retail space and hotel rooms. The build is in the shape of a reversed L, whose base lies along Front Street, and includes three commercial storefronts. The upper floors are populated with hotel rooms.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It is one of the only buildings in the city to survive from the 1920s.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Gilmore Building". National Park Service. Retrieved September 29, 2014. and accompanying photos
External links
[edit]Media related to Gilmore Building, Ketchikan, Alaska at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1927 establishments in Alaska
- Buildings and structures completed in 1927
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Ketchikan, Alaska
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Pre-statehood history of Alaska
- Retail buildings in Alaska
- Alaska Registered Historic Place stubs
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, geography stubs