Cape Nome Roadhouse

Cape Nome Roadhouse

Cape Nome Roadhouse, from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Nearest city Nome, Alaska
Coordinates 64°26′37″N 164°58′28″W / 64.44361°N 164.97444°W / 64.44361; -164.97444Coordinates: 64°26′37″N 164°58′28″W / 64.44361°N 164.97444°W / 64.44361; -164.97444
Area less than one acre
Built 1901 (1901)
Architectural style New England salt box
NRHP Reference # 76000361[1]
Added to NRHP December 12, 1976

The Cape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on the Iditarod Trail. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to the Nome area during the Nome Gold Rush, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typical New England saltbox, although its main entrance is on what would normally be considered the side of such a building. Its oldest portion is a log structure, which was expanded with lumber wood framing, and the whole building is now covered with clapboard siding. It is the only structure surviving from the route of a 650-mile (1,050 km) delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 achieved by a relay of dogsled teams. The roadhouse declined with the advent of aviation to the area, and was used as an orphanage, a military communications facility during World War II, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.[2]

The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Cape Nome Roadhouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
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