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Cooper Landing Historic District

Coordinates: 60°29′21″N 149°49′57″W / 60.48917°N 149.83250°W / 60.48917; -149.83250
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Cooper Landing Historic District
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Cooper Landing Historic District is located in Alaska
Cooper Landing Historic District
LocationCooper Landing, Alaska, United States, at mile 48.7 of Sterling Highway
Coordinates60°29′21″N 149°49′57″W / 60.48917°N 149.83250°W / 60.48917; -149.83250
Area4.25 acres (1.72 ha)
NRHP reference No.86001475[1]
AHRS No.SEW-338
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1986
Designated AHRS1976; 1979

Cooper Landing Historic District is a historic district in Cooper Landing, Alaska, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Description

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The district encompasses a cluster of five buildings. Oriented toward the Kenai River, but now accessible from the Sterling Highway, the district includes two residential structures (a house built out of recycled bridge timbers and a modest log cabin) built before 1910, the Cooper Landing Post Office, built in the 1910s, the c. 1925 log Riddiford School, and the c. 1946 Leo Douglas log cabin. They represent the historic heart of the Cooper Landing community, which stretches for 10 miles (16 km) along the highway,[2] and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places August 21, 1986.[1]

Contributing properties

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The historical district contains a total of five contributing properties, built between 1905 and 1946:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mishler, Craig (January 28, 1986). "NRHP nomination for Cooper Landing Historic District". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Cooper Landing Historical Museum". cooperlandingmuseum.com. Cooper Landing Historical Society. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Michale S. (February 1977). "NRHP nomination for Cooper Landing Post Office". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

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