Skagway Historic District and White Pass
Historic district in Alaska, United States in Skagway and, Alaska. Built 1897. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Skagway Historic District and White Pass is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing a significant portion of the area within the United States associated with the Klondike Gold Rush. It includes the historic portion of Skagway, Alaska, including the entire road grid of the 1897 town, as well as the entire valley on the United States side of White Pass all the way to the Canada–US border. This area includes surviving fragments of three historic routes used during the Gold Rush, as well as the route of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad. Almost 100 buildings remain from the Gold Rush period. Portions of the district are preserved as part of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
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The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | Head of Taiya Inlet on Lynn Canal, Skagway and vicinity, AK |
| County | Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000943 |
| Built | 1897 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 100 buildings, 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Head of Taiya Inlet on Lynn Canal, Skagway and, AK |
| Coordinates | 59.62353, -135.14044 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Laughton Glacier Cabin 6 mi · Denver Caboose Cabin 9 mi · Dyea Campground 11 mi |
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Nearby in Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000943. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.