W.P. Mills House

For the Mills House on Seward Street, see Mills House (Sitka, Alaska).

W. P. Mills House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	1 Maksoutoff Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates	57°02′54″N 135°20′00″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)
Built by	Tim Demedoff
Architect	Louis L. Mendal
NRHP reference No.	77000226
AHRS No.	SIT-025
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 16, 1977
Designated AHRS	October 27, 1972

The W.P. Mills House, also known as Cushing House, Longenbaugh House, Poulson House and Island House, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska. It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway. The house is located on the site where, during the Russian period in the early nineteenth century, a fish-packing operation was located. In 1915, W. P. Mills, son of one of the former American owners of the saltery after the Alaska Purchase, hired Seattle-based architect Louis L. Mendal to design a house to stand on the old saltery's foundation. The design, which used the foundation as well as the massive wooden door of the saltery, adapted the foundation to provide a sheltered and private courtyard space, and to take advantage of the expansive views available.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska