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Aleut Laborers' Housing National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form text: Reflecting the company town nature of the community, houses on Saint Paul come in three types: (I) 1920s through 1930s, one or one-half story frame with horizontal wood siding, arctic entrance to one side, and side cellars; (II) one and one-half story concrete with arctic entrance and side cellars; (III) 1945–1950s. Larger one and one-half story cement with green asphalt siding. Some houses have small (10 ft. x 14 ft.) outbuildings which were originally washhouses (1939); presently saunas or storage. (Faulkner 1986).
Supplemental information provided by NOAA: Aleut Inhabitants–1918. Three dwellings for the Natives were nearly completed in 1918. Storm windows were installed in all of the Native dwellings for the first time (Bower 1919, 79). 1925–27. In 1925, construction of twelve dwellings with six-inch concrete walls reinforced with steel bars was completed for the Native community on St. Paul Island (Bower 1926, 142). In 1926, ten of the dwellings became occupied and the other two would be occupied in 1927. Nine of the dwellings contained four rooms each, and three have five rooms each. Also during 1926, construction began on another ten dwellings (Bower 1927, 306). Eight houses were scheduled for occupancy during the winter of 1927. Construction began on twelve additional concrete houses during 1927 for completion during the 1927-28 winter. The record is not clear, but it appears that the twelve houses were four-room structures (Bower 1928, 146). 1928. One four-room house and one three-room concrete house were constructed in 1928, along with three wood frame houses on concrete foundations (Bower 1929, 298). 1939. Construction began in the fall of 1939 on four new wood frame houses. One house had five rooms and each of the others had three. All had the same floor plan as the three-room Native houses previously built; the roof pitch was raised to permit the addition of two rooms on the second floor. Three frame houses built in 1918 were moved a short distance to bring them in line with other Native dwellings and they were placed upon new concrete foundations (Bower 1941, 161). 1946–48. One new house was completed for the Native residents. 1948. Construction began on two new Native homes. Whites Residences 1948. Construction began on one new employee residence.
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