Gakona Roadhouse

The Gakona Roadhouse is a historic traveler service facility in Gakona, Alaska, at mile 205 of the Glenn Highway. It is a 1-1/2 log structure with a gabled roof covered in corrugated metal. A shed-roof addition extends to the main block's east side. The roadhouse was built c. 1904, during the construction by the United States Army of the Trans-Alaska Military Road between Valdez and Eagle. This roadhouse was strategically located at a place where that road diverged from the old Eagle Trail, used by miners to reach the gold rush fields of the Yukon River. The original 1904 structure is used for storage; the present roadhouse facilities are provided by later (1920s) structures.[2]

Gakona Roadhouse
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
LocationMile 2, Tok Cutoff-Glenn Hwy, Gakona, Alaska
Coordinates62°18′10″N 145°18′15″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1904 (1904)
Part ofGakona Historic District (ID01000024)
NRHP reference No.77001579[1]
AHRS No.GUL-065
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1977
Designated CPFebruary 2, 2001
Designated AHRSSeptember 24, 1974
The c. 1929 roadhouse

The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Gakona Roadhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-05.


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