Tanana Mission
National Register of Historic Places

Tanana Mission

Tanana, Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska
Listed
August 2, 1977
Type
District
Period
Colonial
Ref No.
77000230

About this property

The Tanana Mission (also known as Mission of Our Saviour; Episcopal Mission) was a historic Episcopal church mission in Tanana, Alaska. Its abandoned church building and cemetery are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was deemed significant as a site preserving artifacts of the once-large Episcopal mission, which additionally included a hospital, a sawmill, a rectory, and a school. The site is located about 3 miles up from the current Tanana village location. It was deemed "important to the history of interior Alaska as a place where permanent native (Indian) community was established near the mission which located itself opposite the prehistoric trading center of many interior Athapaskan Indians - Nuchalawoyya" and also as representing "a place where native people learned and participated in the activities of a foreign culture", and as a burial site, and as for the architecture of its church. The church building has multiple gables above a 52-by-48-foot (16 m × 15 m) plan. It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register in 1977.

Location

Tanana, Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska
65.17105, -152.04057

Categories

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Sources

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When was Tanana Mission listed on the National Register?

Tanana Mission was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1977.

What type of historic resource is Tanana Mission?

Tanana Mission is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Tanana Mission?

The period of significance for Tanana Mission is recorded as the colonial era.

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