Cable House and Station

The Cable House and Station, also known as the Communications Center and Quarters, is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in Sitka, Alaska. It is a modest two-story building, about 40 feet (12 m) square, with a hip roof. The building housed the telecommunications hub of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS), a military communications network established in the first decade of the 20th century, during the period of the Alaska boundary dispute with neighboring Canada.[2]

Cable House and Station
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location2 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates57°02′55″N 135°20′21″W
Area1.76 acres (0.71 ha)
NRHP reference No.79000412[1]
AHRS No.SIT-212
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1979
Designated AHRSOctober 12, 1977

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Cable House and Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-06.


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