Places to see at Ketchikan, Alaska

Best Places to visit in Ketchikan, Alaska - Best Things to do in Ketchikan, AK
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The Star 0.17 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Brothels, Adult, Other Buildings And Structures

A star is a luminous astronomical object.

Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:

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Ketchikan Federal Building 0.17 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Ketchikan Federal Building is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, located at 648 Mission Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was completed in 1938, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 2006. The building's primary tenant is the United States Forest Service Tongass National Forest Supervisor's Office, which occupies space on the first, second, third, fourth and sixth floors. The fifth floor houses a courtroom and related support offices, while the first floor also houses an office of the United States Customs and Border Protection.

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Creek Street 0.19 7
Railway Stations, Industrial Facilities, Interesting Places

Craig of the Creek is an American animated television series created by Matt Burnett and Ben Levin for Cartoon Network. The show's pilot episode premiered on the Cartoon Network app on December 1, 2017, and the first episode of its first season (\"Itch To Explore\") was previewed there on February 19, 2018, before officially premiering on Cartoon Network on March 30 of that year, alongside its second episode (\"You're It\"). The season consisted of 40 episodes of 11 minutes each and concluded on March 11, 2019.

The second season ran from March 18, 2019, until June 11, 2020, and totaled 38 episodes, of which two (\"The Other Side\" and \"Craig and the Kid's Table\") are double-length. The third season premiered with a double-length episode (\"The Other Side: The Tournament\") on June 21, 2020. The fourth season premiered with a special episode (\"The Legend of the Library\"). As of April\u00a07, 2023, 155 episodes of Craig of the Creek have aired. Additionally, five shorts were aired in late 2019.

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Stedman-Thomas Historic District 0.31 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Stedman\u2013Thomas Historic District encompasses what was historically the southern portion of Ketchikan, Alaska. It extends along Stedman and Thomas Streets, from Ketchikan Creek in the north to East Street in the south, and includes a few properties on adjacent spur side streets. In the early days of the city, the area was a seasonal Native fishing camp just south of the creek, but the Alaskan gold rushes around the turn of the 20th century brought an influx of settlers to the area.

Foreign workers and Natives generally lived south of the creek, and the area became known as Indian Town. As the town expanded in this area, commercial and residential buildings were built on pilings, something that only gradually began to change when fill was brought into Stedman Street in the 1930s. Most of the buildings on this stretch of Stedman Street were built between about 1900 and 1930, and are vernacular wood-frame structures. The commercial buildings facing Stedman Street generally have false fronts, which hide their gable roofs. The district include's Ketchikan's oldest continuously operating retail establishment, Ohashi's, which is located at 223 Stedman Street.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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First Lutheran Church 0.45 7
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

First Lutheran Church, or variants therof, can refer to:

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Ketchikan Ranger House 0.47 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Ketchikan Ranger House at 309 Gorge Street in Ketchikan, Alaska was built in 1916 in the residential Captain's Hill district of Ketchikan. Designed by USDA Forest Service in \"Vernacular Victorian\" style, it housed the U.S. Forest Service's district rangers until 1978. The 1+1\u20442-story frame house has remained essentially unaltered from its original construction. It was built for $650 to serve the first forest ranger for the state of Alaska.

The house was originally built on a post-and-piling foundation, with a partial concrete foundation added at a later date when a basement was excavated. The gable roof runs from the front to the back, with two hipped dormers on the east side and one shed dormer on the west side. The front door is on the uphill side, offset to one side on a partly enclosed porch. Most of the house's original woodwork, finishes and hardware have survived.

The Ketchikan Ranger House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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Totem Heritage Museum Park 0.49 7
Urban Environment, Gardens And Parks, Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Art Galleries

Totem poles (Haida: gy\u00e1a\u02bcaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar, by First Nations and Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast including northern Northwest Coast Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian communities in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth communities in southern British Columbia, and the Coast Salish communities in Washington and British Columbia.

The word totem derives from the Algonquian word odoodem [o\u02c8tu\u02d0t\u025bm] meaning \"(his) kinship group\". The carvings may symbolize or commemorate ancestors, cultural beliefs that recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events. The poles may also serve as functional architectural features, welcome signs for village visitors, mortuary vessels for the remains of deceased ancestors, or as a means to publicly ridicule someone. They may embody a historical narrative of significance to the people carving and installing the pole. Given the complexity and symbolic meanings of these various carvings, their placement and importance lies in the observer's knowledge and connection to the meanings of the figures and the culture in which they are embedded.

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Downtown Ketchikan Historic District 0.58 7
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts

The Downtown Ketchikan Historic District in Ketchikan, Alaska was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

The listing was put out for comments in the Federal Register in 2016.

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Burkhart-Dibrell House 0.06 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Burkhart-Dibrell House, also known as Monrean House, is a historic house at 500 Main Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. This three story wood-frame house was built in 1904 by H. Z. Burkart, the founder of Ketchikan Spruce Mills, and is the only significant surviving Queen Anne style house in Ketchikan. It occupies a prominent position at the head of Main Street, and has long been a local landmark. In 1916, the house was purchased by Captain Walter Dibrell, Superintendent of Lighthouses for all of Alaska. The house's most prominent feature is its turret with conical roof and gold spire.

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

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Gilmore Building 0.07 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Gilmore Building, also known as the Gilmore Hotel, is a historic commercial building at 326 Front Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. It is a three-story masonry building located adjacent to Ketchikan City Hall, and was built in 1926-27 by P. J. Gilmore, Sr. to meet growing demand in the growing community for retail space and hotel rooms. The build is in the shape of a reversed L, whose base lies along Front Street, and includes three commercial storefronts. The upper floors are populated with hotel rooms.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is one of the only buildings in the city to survive from the 1920s.

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Walker-Broderick House 0.09 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Walker-Broderick House, also known as the \"Doc\" Walker House, is a historic house at 541 Pine Street in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The house is a single-story wood-frame structure, built in 1916-20 by local Ketchikan master builder Carl Foss. The house is an excellent local example of Craftsman styling, with broad eaves supported by large knee arches, large brick piers supporting the front porch, and a matching brick chimney on the side. Interior woodwork is well-preserved. The house was built for Norman \"Doc\" Walker, an early Ketchikan resident, pharmacist, and politician who served as mayor and in the Alaska Territorial Senate

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Ziegler House 0.13 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Ziegler House may refer to:

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Chief Johnson Totem Pole 0.18 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show 0.24 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Sun Raven Totem Pole 0.43 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Deer Mountain Hatchery 0.46 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Bayview Cemetery 0.98 1
Cemeteries, Historic, Burial Places, Interesting Places

Holy Name Catholic Church 1.52 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1.64 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Ketchikan First Assembly of God 1.84 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.86 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First Methodist 0.04 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

First City Players 0.05 1
Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Other Theatres

Masonic Temple 0.07 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Eagle 0.09 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Ketchikan Coliseum Theater 0.1 1
Cultural, Cinemas, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places

Josephine \"Chicago Joe\" Airey (1844\u00a0\u2013 October 25, 1899), was an Irish-born American prostitute, madam, and proprietor of brothels, dance halls, a variety theatre, and saloons in Helena, Montana. She eventually became the most influential landowner in Helena. She was known as \"Chicago Joe\" Hensley following her marriage to James T. Hensley.

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Ketchikan Episcopal Church 0.12 1
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

Tongass Historical Museum 0.13 1
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

The Rock 0.13 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Raven Stealing The Sun 0.14 1
Historic, Monuments And Memorials, Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures, Monuments

Chief Kyan Totem Pole 0.15 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Installation