Cable House and Station

Cable House and Station
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location 2 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates 57°02′55″N 135°20′21″W / 57.04866°N 135.33911°W / 57.04866; -135.33911Coordinates: 57°02′55″N 135°20′21″W / 57.04866°N 135.33911°W / 57.04866; -135.33911
Area 1.76 acres (0.71 ha)
NRHP reference # 79000412[1]
AHRS # SIT-212
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 4, 1979
Designated AHRS October 12, 1977

The Cable House and Station, also known as the Communications Center and Quarters, is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in Sitka, Alaska. It is a modest two-story building, about 40 feet (12 m) square, with a hip roof. The building housed the telecommunications hub of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS), a military communications network established in the first decade of the 20th century, during the period of the Alaska boundary dispute with neighboring Canada.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Cable House and Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-06.


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