National Register of Historic Places

Davis, Mary Lee, House

Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Listed
September 29, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004901

About this property

The Mary Lee Davis House is a historic house at 410 Cowles Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is now the Alaska Heritage House, a bed and breakfast inn. It is a 1+1⁄2-story bungalow-style house, set at the northern corner of Cowles and 5th Avenue in a residential area of the city. The exact construction date of the house is uncertain: it was probably complete by 1916, but construction may have begun as early as 1906; it is acknowledged as the city's oldest occupied residence. The unfinished house was purchased by writer Mary Lee Davis and her husband, who finished the building and added a number of its distinctive touches, including the city's first residential coal heating system. After a period of ownership by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, during which it was home to company executives, it went through a succession of owners before being converted to a bed and breakfast. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Location

410 Cowles St.
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
64.84328, -147.73095

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When was Davis, Mary Lee, House listed on the National Register?

Davis, Mary Lee, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Davis, Mary Lee, House?

Davis, Mary Lee, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Davis, Mary Lee, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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