W.P. Mills House

W. P. Mills House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location 1 Maksoutoff Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates 57°02′54″N 135°20′00″W / 57.0483°N 135.33321°W / 57.0483; -135.33321Coordinates: 57°02′54″N 135°20′00″W / 57.0483°N 135.33321°W / 57.0483; -135.33321
Area less than one acre
Built 1916 (1916)
Built by Tim Demedoff
Architect Louis L. Mendal
NRHP reference # 77000226[1]
AHRS # SIT-025
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 16, 1977
Designated AHRS October 27, 1972

The W.P. Mills House, also known as Cushing House, Longenbaugh House and Island House, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska. It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway. The house is located on the site where, during the Russian period in the early nineteenth century, a salt-making operation was located. In 1915, W. P. Mills, son of one of the former American owners of the saltery after the Alaska Purchase, hired Seattle-based architect Louis L. Mendal to design a house to stand on the old saltery's foundation. The design, which used the foundation as well as the massive wooden door of the saltery, adapted the foundation to provide a sheltered and private courtyard space, and to take advantage of the expansive views available.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[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 W.P. Mills House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-28.


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