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2016 Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties
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The Alaska Association for Historic Preservation has announced the properties on the state’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties for 2016. AAHP has compiled this annual list for the last 25 years (since 1991). It is intended to bring public awareness to Alaska’s threatened historic properties. Heightened awareness often leads to increased support for the conservation of endangered historic properties, which are assets important to tourism, economic development, and the cultural heritage of Alaska.
The program calls attention to threatened properties that define our great state, the people that live here and the identity that we share. The nominations for this program are submitted by individuals and organizations throughout Alaska. The list is the first step to participate in the AAHP Ten Most Endangered Grant Program, which funds hands-on preservation work on endangered properties and serves as seed money to leverage funding from other sources. Properties listed on the 2016 List will be eligible to apply to AAHP for these matching grants, which are made possible through generous donations to the Grant Program from private individuals and organizations which support these preservation efforts. If you would like additional information on the history of this program and past properties on the list, please contact us at akpreservation@gmail.com. |
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2016 Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties Matching Grant
McCarthy-Kennicott Historical Museum
The McCarthy-Kennicott Historical Museum will be moving the Kate Kennedy House in McCarthy to a space near the Museum in the spring of 2017. This grant will help stabilize this 1920s home, the only remaining original home in McCarthy which is still "inhabitable" and has not been extensively remodeled by local property owners, prior to the move. The Museum's ultimate goal is to create a Kate Kennedy House Museum in McCarthy.
Update 12/29/16: At the present time, the purchase of the Kate Kennedy House by the McCarthy-Kennicott Historical Museum appears not to be happening. If this circumstance changes, the 2016 grant award can be reconsidered.
The McCarthy-Kennicott Historical Museum will be moving the Kate Kennedy House in McCarthy to a space near the Museum in the spring of 2017. This grant will help stabilize this 1920s home, the only remaining original home in McCarthy which is still "inhabitable" and has not been extensively remodeled by local property owners, prior to the move. The Museum's ultimate goal is to create a Kate Kennedy House Museum in McCarthy.
Update 12/29/16: At the present time, the purchase of the Kate Kennedy House by the McCarthy-Kennicott Historical Museum appears not to be happening. If this circumstance changes, the 2016 grant award can be reconsidered.
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AAHP Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties Matching Grants are made possible by generous donations from individuals and organizations throughout the state. Please consider donating to the AAHP Ten Most Grant Program.
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2015 Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties Matching Grants
These properties were listed in 2015 and the grants awarded will be used for work to be done during 2016. We will report on the progress of these projects at the end of the year.
Talkeetna Historical Society
The Ole Dahl Cabin was built in 1916 and has had very few repairs since that time. It needs a real foundation as well as new chinking. The roof was replaced in 2000 and it is still holding up. Without stabilization under the cabin, it will continue to deteriorate. It also needs to be raised out of water which puddles during heavy rains.
Talkeetna's centennial is in 2016. The Cabin is one of the remaining original structures of the 1916 era. It is currently used as an exhibit - a trapper cabin seen by an estimated 180,000 people each tourist season - which hearkens back to the mining and trapping frontier era in Talkeetna. Overall, some bottom logs have rotted, chinking is needed, some floorboard replacement is needed and the cabin needs to be placed on a foundation in order to stabilize it.
These properties were listed in 2015 and the grants awarded will be used for work to be done during 2016. We will report on the progress of these projects at the end of the year.
Talkeetna Historical Society
The Ole Dahl Cabin was built in 1916 and has had very few repairs since that time. It needs a real foundation as well as new chinking. The roof was replaced in 2000 and it is still holding up. Without stabilization under the cabin, it will continue to deteriorate. It also needs to be raised out of water which puddles during heavy rains.
Talkeetna's centennial is in 2016. The Cabin is one of the remaining original structures of the 1916 era. It is currently used as an exhibit - a trapper cabin seen by an estimated 180,000 people each tourist season - which hearkens back to the mining and trapping frontier era in Talkeetna. Overall, some bottom logs have rotted, chinking is needed, some floorboard replacement is needed and the cabin needs to be placed on a foundation in order to stabilize it.
Port Chilkoot Company
This grant was awarded to complete the installation of roof flashing around the eaves of the Fort William H. Seward Barracks Building, along with removing four trees that have grown against the west side of the building, adding to the roof and siding deterioration.
Due to the rain and wind of typical Southeast weather, the roof of the Barracks Building has been deteriorating and the siding has and continues to come loose and fall away. The Alaska Historical Architects of the National Park Service suggested fixing the gutters, flashing, and drainpipes to help prevent excessive water flowing off the roof and onto the siding. This action would help to alleviate further deterioration and give the organization time until it may be financially able to repair the roof and the siding completely.
This grant was awarded to complete the installation of roof flashing around the eaves of the Fort William H. Seward Barracks Building, along with removing four trees that have grown against the west side of the building, adding to the roof and siding deterioration.
Due to the rain and wind of typical Southeast weather, the roof of the Barracks Building has been deteriorating and the siding has and continues to come loose and fall away. The Alaska Historical Architects of the National Park Service suggested fixing the gutters, flashing, and drainpipes to help prevent excessive water flowing off the roof and onto the siding. This action would help to alleviate further deterioration and give the organization time until it may be financially able to repair the roof and the siding completely.
