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Commissioner's Residence

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1910s. Shushanna Ave. and McCarthy St.

Exhibiting slightly more style than most of the houses in McCarthy, the commissioner's residence boasts a gambrel roof. The walls are logs, square notched at the corners. The oriel in the gable is a recent addition, as is the stone foundation. Originally, the building had a shed-roofed porch across the front, with exposed rafter ends, and a six-over-six-light window at the second level. Little is known about the building, which was apparently constructed during McCarthy's first decade.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Alison K. Hoagland
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What's Nearby

McCarthy General Store
McCarthy Power Plant
Johnson Hotel
Bunkhouses
Kennecott Copper Mines

Citation

Alison K. Hoagland, "Commissioner's Residence", [Chitina, Alaska], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC117.

Print Source

Buildings of Alaska, Alison K. Hoagland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 148-148.

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