Places to see at Juneau, Alaska

Best Places to visit in Juneau, Alaska - Best Things to do in Juneau, AK
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Alaska Governor's Mansion 0.18 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Alaska Governor's Mansion, located at 716 Calhoun Avenue in Juneau, Alaska, is the official residence of the governor of Alaska, the first spouse of Alaska, and their families. It was designed by James Knox Taylor. The Governor's Mansion was first occupied in 1912 by Territorial Governor Walter Eli Clark.

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Wickersham House 0.33 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Wickersham House may refer to any of the following residences of James Wickersham. Wickersham lived in these houses from 1900 until his death in 1939:

  • Wickersham House (Eagle, Alaska), part of the Eagle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska
  • Wickersham House (Fairbanks, Alaska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
  • Wickersham House (Juneau, Alaska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Juneau, Alaska
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church 0.4 7
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, officially the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, is a church and shrine in the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is administered by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and has been developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, based upon the design of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The church was consecrated on July 4, 2022.

St. Nicholas replaced the original church of the same name that was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001\u2014the only house of worship, and only building outside the original World Trade Center complex, to be completely destroyed. The new church is located in Liberty Park, overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Its architecture draws from Byzantine influences, namely the Church of the Savior and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, as well as from the Parthenon in Athens. In addition to serving as a Greek Orthodox parish, St. Nicholas is officially planned as a \"House of Prayer for all people\" that will function as a national shrine and community center, incorporating a secular bereavement space, social hall, and various educational and interfaith programs.

Initially scheduled to open in 2016, St. Nicholas' rebuilding effort was beset by delays, cost overruns, and claims of financial impropriety. In 2019, the nonprofit Friends of St. Nicholas was founded to help complete the project, which continued under the auspices of the newly elected Archbishop Elpidophoros. The church was partially opened for a memorial service commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The church fully opened on December 6, 2022, the Feast of Saint Nicholas.

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J. M. Davis House 0.4 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The J. M. Davis House is a historic house at 202 6th Street in Juneau, Alaska. This two-story wood-frame house was built in 1892, when Juneau was little more than a gold mining camp, and remains one of its most elegant homes of the period, as well as one of its oldest buildings. The builder, J. M. Davis, was a miner whose wife was a wealthy English artist. Their son, Trevor Davis, was a noted Alaskan landscape photographer; the house has also served as the official residence of the local US Coast Guard Admiral.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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MacKinnon Apartments 0.42 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The MacKinnon Apartments are a historic apartment building at 236 Third Street in Juneau, Alaska. The building is a three-story wood-frame structure, finished in stucco; it has corner quoining and a dentillated cornice. When originally built in 1925, it was 80 feet (24\u00a0m) long and housed six single-bedroom and 12 studio apartments. In 1959 20 feet (6.1\u00a0m) was added; the extension houses five more studio units. The building is representative of Juneau's boom years in the 1920s which was the peak of the Gold Rush.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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Frances House 0.43 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Frances House is a historic house at 137 6th Street in Juneau, Alaska. The three story wood-frame house was built in 1898 by Jerry Eicherly, then Juneau's postmaster. In 1911 it was purchased by John Rustgard, the Alaska Territory's attorney general, and in 1927 it was rescued from demolition by Frances Davis, a noted painter of Alaskan scenes, from whom the house derives its name. The house is a notable local example of vernacular Queen Anne styling, with a busy roofline, varied siding, and narrow Italianate windows.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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Valentine Building 0.46 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Valentine Building may refer to:

  • Valentine Building (Juneau, Alaska), NRHP-listed in Juneau, Alaska
  • Valentine on Broadway Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, NRHP-listed in Jackson County
  • The Coliseum-Duplex Envelope Company Building, Richmond, Virginia, also known as Valentine Auction Company Building, NRHP-listed
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Juneau Downtown Historic District 0.47 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Juneau Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic commercial heart of the city of Juneau, Alaska. It extends along South Franklin Street, from the cruise terminal in the south to Second Street in the north, and westward along Second and Front Streets to Main Street. This area was the center of Juneau's economic activity from its founding in 1880 as a gold mining camp, through its growth into an urbanized area in the early 20th century, including its eventual designation as the territorial capital in 1906. In the early days of the gold mining camp business was centered in the area bounded by Front, Main and South Franklin, with maritime activities in particular eventually extending further south along the shore of the Gastineau Channel by making land using mine tailings. The early buildings have relatively utilitarian architecture, while those of the early 20th century are somewhat more ornate, with Late Victorian details. Notable buildings from this period include the Alaska Steam Laundry (174 S. Franklin) and the Valentine Building (202 Front Street).

The district, comprising 42 contributing properties, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Holy Trinity Church (Juneau, Alaska) 0.56 7
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

The Holy Trinity Church, also known as the Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal) is a church located at 325 Gold Street in Juneau, Alaska. The present building was built in 2009, replacing an 1896 structure which burned on March 12, 2006.

The old church was designed by architect George E. James in the Carpenter Gothic style, and was built by Foss and Olsen in 1896 to serve a mission congregation founded only the year before. Sometime before 1914 the church building was raised up to allow the addition of a basement. The parish hall built in 1956 did not continue the Carpenter Gothic architecture of the church itself. From 1918-1944, the church served as the pro-cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska. On October 19, 1978, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Fries Miners' Cabins 0.6 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Fries Miners' Cabins are a group of six small houses located on the 500 block of Kennedy Street, in the Starr Hill neighborhood adjacent to downtown Juneau, Alaska. The six were built as essentially identical structures in 1913 to house miners working in the local gold mines. The houses are 1+1\u20442-story structures of wood-frame construction, and are in the Craftsman style popular at the time. Of the more than 200 miner houses built during Juneau's gold boom, these are among the few that survive.

The six buildings were included in the Fries Miners' Cabins historical district, also known as Kennedy Street Mine Workers Houses and Kennedy Street Historical District, on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Alaska Steam Laundry 0.62 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Alaska Steam Laundry is a historic commercial building at 174 South Franklin Street in Juneau, Alaska. It is a Late Victorian wood-frame structure, with a prominent turret that has a conical roof. Built in 1901, it is a well-preserved element of the transition of Juneau from a mining camp to a more cosmopolitan city (it was named the territorial capital in 1900). It was built by E. R. Jaeger, who envisioned the laundry as a profitable business serving single miners working the nearby gold mines. The laundry facilities were housed on the ground floor, with residences and office space above. The laundry operated here until 1929, when it was moved to new premises in the city, and this building was converted to other commercial uses.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was included as a contributing property to Juneau Downtown Historic District in 1994.

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Last Chance Mining Museum 1.3 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Jualpa Mining Camp, also known as the Last Chance Basin Camp, is a former gold mining camp, just outside the city of Juneau, Alaska. Its main building is now operated as the Last Chance Mining Museum by the Gastineau Historical Society. The camp was located on the southern banks of Gold Creek, about 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) north of Juneau, near what is now the end of Basin Road. The camp was the site of one of the largest gold finds in the Juneau mining district. It was established between 1910 and 1913 by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company and operated until 1944, producing more than $80 million worth of gold. The largest surviving structure of the camp is its air compressor building, which was 84 feet (26\u00a0m) long, and still houses the compressor used by the company. Also surviving are a variety of railroad-related resources, which the company used to bring or to its mill on the Gastineau channel, an electrical transformer house, powder magazine, and cable hoist.

The camp, with a total of 21 contributing buildings and structures, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Chicken Ridge Historic District 0.38 6
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Chicken Ridge Historic District is a residential historic district in Juneau, Alaska. It is located in an area long known as Chicken Ridge (probably for the ptarmigan and grouse found there in abundance), and has since the early 20th century been one of Juneau's finest neighborhoods. It includes properties along Seventh Street, Basin Road above Seventh, Goldbelt Avenue, Dixon Street, and Main Street above Sixth. Most of the district's 75 contributing and 26 non-contributing properties are Craftsman in style, although the Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival are also well represented.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It includes the Wickersham House, which was independently listed on the National Register in 1976 and is now a state historic site and house museum.

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Alaska State Museum 0.19 3
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

The Alaska State Museum is a museum in Juneau, Alaska, United States. The museum's collections include cultural materials from the people of the Northwest Coast (Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian), the Athabascan cultures of Interior Alaska, the Inupiaq of the north coast, and the Yup'ik of the southwest of Alaska, the Alutiiq people of Prince William Sound and Kodiak Island, and the Unangax from out along the Aleutian chain. Artifacts from the state's Russian colonial eras, state and political history, fine art (including contemporary art), natural history, industry and trades can also be found on exhibit.

After a $139 million renovation, it re-opened after a two-year and three-month closure. The museum closed temporarily on February 28, 2014, for the creation of a new facility that joined the State Libraries, Archives and Museum (SLAM) together in a comprehensive research facility. The old structure, designed by Linn A. Forrest, was demolished in August 2014, and a new facility opened on the same footprint (but larger), on June 6, 2016. The new building was named after the first curator for the Alaska State Museum, the Russian Orthodox priest, Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff. This building is also known as the APK.

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Evergreen Cemetery 0.21 3
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Evergreen Cemetery may refer to the following cemeteries in the United States (listed by state, then city/town):

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Mayor Bill Overstreet Park 0.29 3
Urban Environment, Gardens And Parks, Cultural, Interesting Places

Mayor Bill Overstreet Park, also known locally as Overstreet Park (or more informally as Whale Park), is a beach and public park, located in the City of Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. The large, waterfront park stretches over half a mile, past two state office buildings. Its most notable feature is a breaching whale sculpture called Takhu, designed by Alaskan artist Skip Wallen and built in Anaheim, California. The sculpture was placed in a fountain, next to the Juneau-Douglas Bridge, overlooking Gastineau Channel. The park is within walking distance of Downtown Juneau, the cruise ship docks and Douglas Island. It was completed in 2018. A system of boardwalks and trails connect Downtown Juneau to the park.

The park is named after Bill Overstreet, a former mayor of Juneau who successfully fought to maintain Juneau as the capital city of Alaska.

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Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 0.43 3
Religion, Cathedrals, Churches, Interesting Places, Catholic Churches

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.

The modern Biblical canon does not record Mary's birth. The earliest known account of Mary's birth is found in the Gospel of James (5:2), an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.

In the case of saints, the Church commemorates their date of death, with Saint John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary as the few whose birth dates are commemorated. The reason for this is found in the singular mission each had in salvation history, but traditionally also because these alone were holy in their very birth (for Mary, see Immaculate Conception; John was sanctified in Saint Elizabeth's womb according to the traditional interpretation of Luke 1:15).

Devotion to the innocence of Mary under this Marian title is widely celebrated in many cultures across the globe in various prayers and hymns such as the Novena in Honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau 0.44 3
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau (Latin: Dioecesis Junellensis) was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northwestern United States, comprising the southeastern part of the state of Alaska. It was led by a prelate bishop who served as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau. The diocese of Juneau was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Anchorage.

On May 19, 2020, the Diocese of Juneau was merged with the Archdiocese of Anchorage, which was renamed the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, and Bishop Andrew Bellisario was elevated to Archbishop.

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Mount Juneau 1.25 3
Mountain Peaks, Geological Formations, Natural, Interesting Places

Mount Juneau (Tlingit: Yadaa.at Kal\u00e9) is a 3,576-foot (1,090\u00a0m) massif in Southeast Alaska just one and a half miles (2.4 km) east of downtown Juneau, Alaska, in the Boundary Ranges.

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20th Century Theatre 0.48 2
Cultural, Cinemas, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Twentieth-century theatre describes a period of great change within the theatrical culture of the 20th century, mainly in Europe and North America. There was a widespread challenge to long-established rules surrounding theatrical representation; resulting in the development of many new forms of theatre, including modernism, expressionism, impressionism, political theatre and other forms of Experimental theatre, as well as the continuing development of already established theatrical forms like naturalism and realism.

Throughout the century, the artistic reputation of theatre improved after being derided throughout the 19th century. However, the growth of other media, especially film, has resulted in a diminished role within the culture at large. In light of this change, theatrical artists have been forced to seek new ways to engage with society. The various answers offered in response to this have prompted the transformations that make up its modern history.

Developments in areas like gender theory and postmodern philosophy identified and created subjects for the theatre to explore. These sometimes explicitly meta-theatrical performances were meant to confront the audience's perceptions and assumptions to raise questions about their society. These challenging and influential plays characterized much of the final two decades of the 20th century.

Although largely developing in Europe and North America through the beginning of the century, the next 50 years saw an embrace of non-Western theatrical forms. Influenced by the dismantling of empires and the continuing development of post-colonial theory, many new artists used elements of their own cultures and societies to create a diversified theatre.

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Governor's house 0.18 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Nimbus 0.23 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Installation

Juneau City Museum 0.31 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Tahku 0.31 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Wickersham State Historical Site 0.33 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Liberty Bell Reproduction 0.34 1
Historic, Monuments And Memorials, Interesting Places, Monuments

William H. Seward statue 0.35 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Installation

Windfall Fisherman 0.35 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Sealaska Heritage Institute 0.48 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Sealaska Corporation is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Sealaska was incorporated in Alaska on June 16, 1972. Headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, Sealaska is a for-profit corporation with more than 23,000 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian descent. In 1981 Sealaska Corporation sponsored the creation of the non-profit Sealaska Heritage Foundation, now the Sealaska Heritage Institute, which manages its cultural and educational programs. Sealaska\u2019s primary economic drivers are natural resources, land management, environmental services and seafood.

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Alaska Robotics 0.48 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Art Galleries

Hard Rock Miner statue 0.55 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Installation

Mt. Roberts Tramway 0.79 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Commercial Fishermen's Memorial 0.84 1
Historic, Monuments And Memorials, Interesting Places, Monuments

Last Chance Mining Museum 1.31 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

The Jualpa Mining Camp, also known as the Last Chance Basin Camp, is a former gold mining camp, just outside the city of Juneau, Alaska. Its main building is now operated as the Last Chance Mining Museum by the Gastineau Historical Society. The camp was located on the southern banks of Gold Creek, about 1 mile (1.6\u00a0km) north of Juneau, near what is now the end of Basin Road. The camp was the site of one of the largest gold finds in the Juneau mining district. It was established between 1910 and 1913 by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company and operated until 1944, producing more than $80 million worth of gold. The largest surviving structure of the camp is its air compressor building, which was 84 feet (26\u00a0m) long, and still houses the compressor used by the company. Also surviving are a variety of railroad-related resources, which the company used to bring or to its mill on the Gastineau channel, an electrical transformer house, powder magazine, and cable hoist.

The camp, with a total of 21 contributing buildings and structures, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Ebner Falls 1.65 1
Water, Natural, Interesting Places, Waterfalls