Mary Lee Davis House

The Mary Lee Davis House is a historic house at 410 Cowles Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is now the Alaska Heritage House, a bed and breakfast inn.[2] It is a 1-1/2 story bungalow-style house, set at the northern corner of Cowles and 5th Avenue in a residential area of the city. The exact construction date of the house is uncertain: it was probably complete by 1916, but construction may have begun as early as 1906; it is acknowledged as the city's oldest occupied residence. The unfinished house was purchased by writer Mary Lee Davis and her husband, who finished the building and added a number of its distinctive touches, including the city's first residential coal heating system. After a period of ownership by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, during which it was home to company executives, it went through a succession of owners[3] before being converted to a bed and breakfast.

Mary Lee Davis House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location410 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates64°50′36″N 147°43′52″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1916 (1916)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.82004901[1]
AHRS No.FAI-036
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1982
Designated AHRSNovember, 1978

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Alaska Heritage House". Alaska Heritage House. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Mary Lee Davis House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-19.


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