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St. George Island

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National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form text:

Circa 1930s. One and one-half story cement [concrete walled, wood frame, 2nd floor] bungalows exactly alike. Originally homes for the agent, storekeeper, physician, and schoolteacher. One was also the old hospital. Presently housing for NMF personnel and community (Faulkner 1986).

Cottage A, October 18, 2006 (NOAA).

Cottage D, October 18, 2006 (NOAA).

Supplemental information provided by NOAA:

Government Employee Houses
1923. Construction on a dispensary and physician’s quarters began in 1922 (Cottage C) and was completed in 1923. The building’s dimensions are 24 ft. x 32 ft. Also therein was an office, living room, bedroom, bath, a large surgery on the main floor, and two small bedrooms on the upper floor (Bower 1923, 83; Bower 1925a, 112).

1924. Concrete walls for an additional government employee dwelling began in 1924 (Bower 1925b, 143).

1925–26. Construction began on a house for the schoolteachers in 1925 and was completed in 1926 (Bower 1927, 307).

1926–27. Construction began on another house for white employees in 1926 and was completed in 1927 (Bower 1927, 307, Bower 1928, 146).

1939. Fences and sidewalks were constructed around the government employee houses (Bower 1941, 161–162).

NOAA created this product in partial fulfillment of a memorandum of agreement between it and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer.
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Last update June 29, 2008