Rainey-Skarland Cabin

Rainey-Skarland Cabin, also known as Rainey's Cabin, Skarland's Cabin and Ivar's Cabin, is a historic log cabin on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in College, Alaska.[2] A single-story three-room log structure with massive stone fireplace on one gable end, it is used today as extended lodging for a permanent or visiting anthropology faculty member or student.[2]

Rainey-Skarland Cabin
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
LocationUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks campus, College, Alaska
Coordinates64°51′32″N 147°49′54″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1936 (1936)
Built byT.S. Batchelder; Froelich Rainey
Architectural stylelog cabin
NRHP reference No.75002158[1]
AHRS No.FAI-084
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1975

History

The cabin was built in 1936 on a ridge overlooking the school for Froelich Rainey, the first professor of the university's Anthropology Department. During his tenure the cabin played a significant role as a social center of the university, hosting a number of pioneering archaeologists and anthropologists, including J. Louis Giddings and Frederica de Laguna. When Rainey left in 1942 the university bought the cabin to use as faculty housing.[2]

Beginning in the late 1940s it was occupied by a successor as department chairman, former student Ivar Skarland, who continued Rainey's social practices.[3]

Upon Skarland's sudden death in 1965, university students requested that the cabin, ski trails, and a residence hall be named in his memory, resulting in the Rainey-Skarland Cabin. Today, a permanent or visiting anthropology faculty member or student lives there.[2]

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[3] A major 1982 renovation was highlighted by roof replacement, insulation, and installation of an alarm system.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Building Profile: Rainey's Cabin". University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Rainey's Cabin". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-17.


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