KENI Radio Building

The KENI Radio Building is an Art Moderne building in Anchorage, Alaska, designed by architect Augustine A. Porreca and completed in 1948. The building housed KENI AM, the second radio station in Anchorage.

KENI Radio Building
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The building in 1991
Location1777 Forest Park Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates61°12′19″N 149°55′31″W
Arealess than 1 acre
Built1948
Built byAl Swalling
ArchitectAugustine A. Porreca
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.88000380[1]
AHRS No.ANC-361
Added to NRHPApril 18, 1988

The reinforced concrete two-story building was owned by Cap Lathrop, who had worked with Porreca on Lathrop's Fourth Avenue Theatre. Besides radio station facilities, the building also housed three apartments.[2]

The building was purchased by Gregory Carr in the late 1990s, after the radio station moved to the Dimond Center, and converted into a private residence.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hoagland, Alison K. (1993). "Anchorage". Buildings of Alaska. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-19-509380-1.


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