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Storehouse No. 4

Coordinates: 55°54′43″N 130°01′03″W / 55.91192°N 130.01752°W / 55.91192; -130.01752
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Storehouse No. 4
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Storehouse No. 4 is located in Alaska
Storehouse No. 4
LocationInternational Street, Hyder, Alaska
Coordinates55°54′43″N 130°01′03″W / 55.91192°N 130.01752°W / 55.91192; -130.01752
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1896
Built byCaptain David du Bose Gaillard
NRHP reference No.76002280[1]
AHRS No.KET-030
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1976
Designated AHRSJuly 1973

Storehouse No. 4, also known as the Eagle Point Storehouse, is an historic storehouse located on International Street in Hyder, Alaska. It was built in 1896 under supervision of engineer David du Bose Gaillard. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

Its interior dimensions are 10 by 15 feet (3.0 m × 4.6 m) and its walls are 12 to 18 inches thick; along with three similar other storehouses it served the Portland Canal (a 71-mile (114 km) fjord, not truly a canal). It is one of the first masonry structures to be built in Alaska. The reason for its construction is uncertain from period documents, but it appears to have been related to the Alaska boundary dispute with Canada. This dispute was resolved by arbitration in 1903, resulting in the transfer in 1906 of the territories containing two of the other three storehouses to Canada.[2][3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Lyman L. Woodman (December 16, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Storehouse No. 4 (AHRS Site No. KET-030) / Eagle Point Storehouse". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Storehouse No. 3". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-06.