National Register of Historic Places

Cape Nome Roadhouse

Nome, Nome County, Alaska
Listed
December 12, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000361

About this property

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 house, 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. The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

Nome, Nome County, Alaska
64.44282, -164.97729

Categories

TRANSPORTATION
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Sources

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Questions about this property

When was Cape Nome Roadhouse listed on the National Register?

Cape Nome Roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Cape Nome Roadhouse?

Cape Nome Roadhouse is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cape Nome Roadhouse?

The period of significance for Cape Nome Roadhouse is recorded as the industrial era.

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