Reception Building

Reception Building
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location Northeastern corner of 2nd Street and Browning Avenue, Cordova, Alaska
Coordinates 60°32′41″N 145°45′24″W / 60.54471°N 145.75667°W / 60.54471; -145.75667Coordinates: 60°32′41″N 145°45′24″W / 60.54471°N 145.75667°W / 60.54471; -145.75667
Area less than one acre
Built 1908 (1908)
Built by O.W. "Link" Wahn; Bill Williams
NRHP reference # 80004566[1]
AHRS # COR-115
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 9, 1980
Designated AHRS February 10, 1978

The Reception Building, once known as the Reception Saloon, is a historic building at the corner of 2nd Street and Browning Avenue in Cordova, Alaska. Set into a hillside, it is a wood-frame structure with two stories at the front and one at the rear. Built in 1908, it is one of the few surviving buildings associated with the early days of the city's development. The Reception Saloon was established by Owen Webster "Link" Wain, a major figure in the economic development of frontier Alaska in the early 20th century, and operated from 1908 until its closure due to Prohibition in 1918.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[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 Reception Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-28.


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