National Register of Historic Places

City Hall, Old

Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Listed
May 29, 2002
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
02000561

About this property

The Old City Hall, now the Fairbanks Distilling Company, is a historic civic building at 410 Cushman Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is a two-story Art Deco structure, built out of reinforced concrete in 1935 as a fireproof alternative to the city's previous city hall. The building is roughly T-shaped, with quoining patterns incised in the corners and bands of decoration on a parapet level. The building was originally built to house city offices as well as police and fire stations; the entrances to the fire equipment bays on Cushman Street have been filled in with wood framing and siding. The building was enlarged by extensions to the rear twice, once before 1950, and once after the 1967 floods. The city moved its offices to the adjacent Main School in 1994; the building then housed the Fairbanks Community Museum until it was acquired by Fairbanks Distilling Company in July 2014. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Location

410 Cushman St.
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
64.84194, -147.72118

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was City Hall, Old listed on the National Register?

City Hall, Old was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2002.

What type of historic resource is City Hall, Old?

City Hall, Old is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for City Hall, Old?

The period of significance for City Hall, Old is recorded as the industrial era.

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