National Register of Historic Places

Ascension of Our Lord Chapel

Karluk, Kodiak Island County, Alaska
Listed
June 5, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80004580

About this property

The Ascension of Our Lord Chapel (Russian: Вознесение Часовни Господа нашего) is a historic Russian Orthodox chapel in Karluk, Alaska. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America It is believed that an original church was built in Karluk in the 1700s. The current church was built in 1888, with design and building "attributed to one Charles Smith Hursh". Its architecture shared some with its contemporary Russian Orthodox church at Belkofski, but has "a more fully realized design for a small church, embodying eclectic features of one main stream of R. O. rural church design." Its design was largely copied in the design of the Nativity of Our Lord Chapel in Ouzinkie, Alaska. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2021, the church was relocated from a bluff overlooking the river to prevent its destruction.

Location

Karluk, Kodiak Island County, Alaska
57.56903, -154.45821

Categories

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Sources

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When was Ascension of Our Lord Chapel listed on the National Register?

Ascension of Our Lord Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Ascension of Our Lord Chapel?

Ascension of Our Lord Chapel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ascension of Our Lord Chapel is recorded as the industrial era.

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