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Fouke Bunkhouse
St. Paul Island

Return to Seal Islands Historic District National Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form text:

Built in 1932. Large [wood] frame building with horizontal siding of similar design and materials to other boom period buildings. Originally a bunkhouse for sealing assistants (Faulkner 1986).

Photo of three-story building.
Fouke Bunkhouse (St. Paul Historic American Buildings Survey 2005).

Photo of several buildings along snowy street.
Fouke Bunkhouse, right (NARA).

Supplemental information provided by NOAA:

Excavation for The Fouke Bunkhouse foundation began in 1931, and the 32 ft. x 54 ft. building was completed in 1933. This bunkhouse was intended to house thirty-six “sealing assistants or blubberers from the States.” The basement had a wash room, a large room for recreation, a kitchen, dining room, and cook’s quarters. The main floor contained six sleeping quarters, a living room, and six shower baths and toilets (Bower 1931, 76; Bower 1933, 58; Bower 1934, 293).

 
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Last update June 29, 2008