Emmons House

Emmons House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location 601 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates 57°03′06″N 135°19′47″W / 57.0516°N 135.32966°W / 57.0516; -135.32966Coordinates: 57°03′06″N 135°19′47″W / 57.0516°N 135.32966°W / 57.0516; -135.32966
Area less than one acre
Built 1895 (1895)
Built by Mr. Calsen
NRHP reference # 77000224[1]
AHRS # SIT-030
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 16, 1977
Designated AHRS February 11, 1977

The Emmons House is a historic house at 601 Lincoln Street in Sitka, Alaska. It is a two-story wood frame structure, roughly 25 feet (7.6 m) square, with a hip roof. The house was built in 1895 by Lieutenant George T. Emmons, who became one of the foremost anthropologists of the Tlingit people. Emmons served in Sitka for only four years, but he amassed a large number of Tlingit artifacts, and frequently returned to the area to continue his research. This house is the only place in Alaska closely associated with his life.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1][3]

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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 Emmons House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Historic Sitka". October 13, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2017.


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