Walker-Broderick House
Walker-Broderick House | |
Location | 541 Pine St., Ketchikan, Alaska |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1920 |
Built by | Foss,Carl |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 82004903[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 31, 1982 |
The Walker-Broderick House is a historic house at 541 Pine St. in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has also been known as the "Doc" Walker House and is Alaska Historic Resources Site No. KET-138.[1] 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, pharmacists, and politician who served as mayor and in the Alaska Territorial Senate[2]
See also
- First Lutheran Church (Ketchikan, Alaska), also built by Carl Foss and NRHP-listed
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Similarity to the Belmont model by Sears Roebuck
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Janet Matheson (September 30, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walker-Broderick House". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
- 1920 establishments in Alaska
- Bungalow architecture in Alaska
- Houses completed in 1920
- Houses in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
- Ketchikan, Alaska
- National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
- Alaska Registered Historic Place stubs
- Alaska building and structure stubs
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska geography stubs