St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska)

The St. Nicholas Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church in the native village of Igiugig, Alaska, United States. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

St. Nicholas Chapel
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
HABS photo, 1990
LocationAlong Main Road, Igiugig, Alaska
Coordinates59°19′37″N 155°53′42″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1930 (1930)
MPSRussian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.80004579[1]
AHRS No.ILI-042
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1980
Designated AHRSMay 18, 1973

It is one of the region's smallest churches, measuring 12 by 18 feet (3.7 m × 5.5 m), with clapboard siding, a metal gable roof, and a small shed-roof vestibule at one end. The long walls each have three sash windows. A detached bell tower, holding five bells, stands next to the church. The church was built in 1930.[3] The vestibule has seen the addition of a little onion dome sometime after 1990.[4]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. https://oca.org/parishes/oca-ak-igisnc
  3. "NRHP nomination for St. Nicholas Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. "Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Igiugig". April 5, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2017.


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