St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Kwethluk, Alaska)
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Location | Lower Kuskokwim River, Kwethluk, Alaska |
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Coordinates | 60°48′43″N 161°26′15″W / 60.81194°N 161.43750°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1935 |
MPS | Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR |
NRHP reference No. | 91000385[1] |
AHRS No. | BTH-001 |
Added to NRHP | April 15, 1991 |
The St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church near Kwethluk, Alaska, United States, on the Lower Kuskokwim River. In 2017 it is part of the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]
It is a wood-frame structure, resting on a log foundation, and is completely built out of cedar. It is rectangular in plan, with a gable roof which sported two small onion domes with crosses, but these were blown off by high winds and stored. The western side of the building has the vestibule area, above which rises a modest square belltower. It was built in 1935 as a replacement for an earlier church that was built around 1900, and is the oldest structure standing in the Kwethluk area. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "St. Nicholas Church, Kwethluk, Alaska". Orthodox Church of America. Retrieved December 19, 2017. With photo.
- ^ Joan M. Antonson and Donna Lane (April 13, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church / AHRS Site No. BTH-001". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1987
- Buildings and structures in Bethel Census Area, Alaska
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Churches completed in 1935
- Russian Orthodox church buildings in Alaska
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Bethel Census Area, Alaska
- Alaska Registered Historic Place stubs
- Western United States church stubs
- Alaska building and structure stubs