Tanana Mission
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| Location | E of Tanana, Tanana, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 65°10′18″N 152°2′17″W / 65.17167°N 152.03806°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000230[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1977 |
The Tanana Mission (also known as Mission of Our Saviour; Episcopal Mission) was a historic Episcopal church mission in Tanana, Alaska. Its abandoned church building and cemetery are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
It was deemed significant as artifacts of the once-large Epicopalian mission, which additionally includeda hospital, a sawmill, a rectory, and a school. It is located about 3 miles up from the current Tanana village location. It was deemed "important to the history of interior Alaska as a place where permanent native (Indian) community was established near the mission which located itself opposite the prehistoric trading center of many interior Athapaskan Indians - Nuchalawoyya" and also as representing "a place where native people learned and participated in the activities of a foreign culture", and as a burial site, and as for the architecture of its church.[2]
The church building has multiple gables above a 52-by-48-foot (16 m × 15 m) plan.[2] It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register in 1977.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tanana Mission (AHRS SITE NO. TAN-018) / Mission of Our Saviour, Episcopal Mission". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1976
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