Sts. Peter and Paul Church (St. Paul Island, Alaska)

Sts. Peter and Paul Church (Russian: Св. Петр и Пол Черч) is a Russian Orthodox church on St. Paul Island, Alaska. The current church, built in 1907, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2].

Sts. Peter and Paul Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Church in November, 2010
Location	St. Paul Island, Alaska
Coordinates	57°07′15″N 170°16′51″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Part of	Seal Island Historic District (ID66000156)
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	80000744[1]
AHRS No.	XPI-003
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated NHLDCP	June 13, 1962
Designated AHRS	May 18, 1973

A first church was built in 1779 "according to legend"; a second church was built in 1819 atop the island's tallest hill. The current church was built in 1907, and was then "one of the most ambitiously designed and effectively executed small churches of the Byzantine tradition in Alaska." Its onion domes, however, were repeatedly damaged in storms, and have been replaced.[3][4]