Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel

The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church located near Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, that was built in 1901. It is an approximately 20-by-50-foot (6.1 m × 15.2 m) roughly cruxiform-shaped building, mainly designed by Alexi Andreev Oskolkoff who came from Sitka to supervise the building's construction. The 1901 church replaced an older church built near Ninilchik village's 1846 founding. As of 1977, the church competed only with a largely altered schoolhouse as an artifact of past Russian associations to the community.[2]

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
LocationOrthodox Avenue, Mile 135 of Sterling Highway, Ninilchik, Alaska
Coordinates60°3′1″N 151°39′55″W
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1901
ArchitectAlexi Andreev Oskolfoff
MPSRussian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.78003426[1]
AHRS No.KEN-046
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1978
Designated AHRSMay 18, 1973

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1][2]

Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[3].

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Joseph P. Kreta (September 26, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord (Orthodox) Chapel (AHRS Site No. KEN-046)". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1976
  3. https://oca.org/parishes/oca-ak-nintol

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