The Wireless Station

The Wireless Station
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location 124, 132 and 140 East Manor Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates 61°13′45″N 149°52′53″W / 61.22917°N 149.88139°W / 61.22917; -149.88139Coordinates: 61°13′45″N 149°52′53″W / 61.22917°N 149.88139°W / 61.22917; -149.88139
Area 2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built 1917
NRHP reference # 15000843[1]
AHRS # ANC-00306
Added to NRHP December 1, 2015

The Wireless Station is a historic government telecommunications facility at East Manor and Boyd Streets in Anchorage, Alaska. The property includes three buildings (built in 1917, 1934, and 1949) that were used to maintain radio communications in the Anchorage area, with ships at sea, and as a communications link to Seattle, Washington as part of military WAMCATS telecommunications system. The three buildings are single-story frame structures with clapboard siding. The original 1917 building has a cupola, that when illuminated, originally served as a beacon for ships seeking to reach the Anchorage port. The station saw active service until the early 1950s, and have stood vacant since the 1990s.[2]

The station complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Sarah Wilson; Summer Rickman (February 10, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Wireless Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-22. With seven photos from 2014.


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