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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the census area, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed.


Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Bering Expedition Landing Site
Bering Expedition Landing Site
July 20, 1977
(#77001542)
South of Katalla on Kayak Island
59°53′40″N 144°29′08″W / 59.894444°N 144.485556°W / 59.894444; -144.485556 (Bering Expedition Landing Site)
Katalla
2 Bremner Historic Mining District
Bremner Historic Mining District
June 15, 2000
(#00000659)
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
61°01′28″N 143°26′24″W / 61.024444°N 143.44°W / 61.024444; -143.44 (Bremner Historic Mining District)
Chitina part of the Mineral Development in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska MPS
3 Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station
Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station
July 29, 2005
(#05000728)
Southwestern corner of Hinchinbrook Island on the eastern side of the Hinchinbrook Entrance of Prince William Sound
60°14′16″N 146°38′48″W / 60.23783°N 146.64657°W / 60.23783; -146.64657 (Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station)
Cordova part of the Light Stations of the United States MPS
4 Cape St. Elias Lighthouse
Cape St. Elias Lighthouse
December 18, 1975
(#75002157)
South of Katalla on Kayak Island
59°48′27″N 144°36′40″W / 59.8075°N 144.611111°W / 59.8075; -144.611111 (Cape St. Elias Lighthouse)
Katalla
5 Chilkat Oil Company Refinery Site
September 6, 1974
(#74002320)
Katalla Rd.
60°11′19″N 144°27′00″W / 60.188611°N 144.45°W / 60.188611; -144.45 (Chilkat Oil Company Refinery Site)
Katalla
6 Chisana Historic Mining Landscape
Chisana Historic Mining Landscape
November 29, 1985
(#85002999)
Extending west 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from the southeastern end of Chisana Airstrip and parallel to Johnson Creek
62°03′57″N 142°02′34″W / 62.065833°N 142.042778°W / 62.065833; -142.042778 (Chisana Historic Mining Landscape)
Chisana Expanded and renamed in 1998
7 Chistochina Trading Post
June 13, 1997
(#97000553)
Junction of the Glenn Highway and the Tok Cutoff
62°34′07″N 144°40′59″W / 62.568611°N 144.683056°W / 62.568611; -144.683056 (Chistochina Trading Post)
Gakona
8 Chitina Tin Shop
Chitina Tin Shop
June 11, 1979
(#79003763)
Main St.
61°31′03″N 144°26′23″W / 61.5175°N 144.439722°W / 61.5175; -144.439722 (Chitina Tin Shop)
Chitina
9 Copper River and Northwestern Railway
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
April 24, 1973
(#73002275)
Beginning at Chitina and following the Copper River to the Tasnuna River
61°17′34″N 144°42′48″W / 61.292778°N 144.713333°W / 61.292778; -144.713333 (Copper River and Northwestern Railway)
Chitina
10 Copper River and Northwestern Railway Bunkhouse and Messhouse
December 5, 2002
(#02001460)
3rd St.
61°30′58″N 144°26′02″W / 61.516111°N 144.433889°W / 61.516111; -144.433889 (Copper River and Northwestern Railway Bunkhouse and Messhouse)
Chitina
11 Cordova Post Office and Courthouse
Cordova Post Office and Courthouse
August 2, 1977
(#77001571)
2nd St.
60°32′42″N 145°45′18″W / 60.545°N 145.755°W / 60.545; -145.755 (Cordova Post Office and Courthouse)
Cordova
12 Dakah De'nin's Village Site
April 9, 1979
(#79003764)
Address Restricted
Chitina
13 Gakona Historic District
Gakona Historic District
February 2, 2001
(#01000024)
Mile 2 on the Tok Cutoff-Glenn Highway
62°18′10″N 145°18′12″W / 62.302778°N 145.303333°W / 62.302778; -145.303333 (Gakona Historic District)
Gakona
14 Gakona Roadhouse
Gakona Roadhouse
August 3, 1977
(#77001579)
Mile 205 on the Glenn Highway
62°18′10″N 145°18′16″W / 62.302778°N 145.304444°W / 62.302778; -145.304444 (Gakona Roadhouse)
Gakona The c. 1904 roadhouse, not the present c. 1920s roadhouse.
15 Kansky's
May 16, 1997
(#97000432)
Mile 42 on Skookum Rd., approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Nabesna Mine
62°22′46″N 142°59′33″W / 62.379444°N 142.9925°W / 62.379444; -142.9925 (Kansky's)
Slana
16 Kennecott Mines
Kennecott Mines
July 12, 1978
(#78003420)
Southeast of the Kennecott Glacier on the northern bank of National Creek
61°30′36″N 142°52′05″W / 61.51°N 142.868056°W / 61.51; -142.868056 (Kennecott Mines)
Kennecott
17 McCarthy General Store
McCarthy General Store
January 31, 1978
(#78003421)
Kennecott and Sholai Sts.
61°26′03″N 142°55′16″W / 61.434167°N 142.921111°W / 61.434167; -142.921111 (McCarthy General Store)
McCarthy
18 McCarthy Power Plant
April 26, 1979
(#79003752)
At McCarthy Creek
61°25′57″N 142°55′30″W / 61.4325°N 142.925°W / 61.4325; -142.925 (McCarthy Power Plant)
McCarthy
19 Million Dollar Bridge
Million Dollar Bridge
March 31, 2000
(#00000293)
Mile 48 on the Copper River Highway
60°40′24″N 144°44′36″W / 60.673333°N 144.743333°W / 60.673333; -144.743333 (Million Dollar Bridge)
Cordova
20 Nabesna Gold Mine Historic District
May 25, 1979
(#79003755)
Base of White Mountain
62°22′28″N 142°59′52″W / 62.374444°N 142.997778°W / 62.374444; -142.997778 (Nabesna Gold Mine Historic District)
Nabesna
21 Palugvik Archeological District
October 15, 1966
(#66000957)
Address Restricted
Cordova
22 Pioneer Igloo Hall Number 19
August 15, 2012
(#12000492)
621 1st St.
60°32′38″N 145°45′32″W / 60.543865°N 145.758776°W / 60.543865; -145.758776 (Pioneer Igloo Hall Number 19)
Cordova
23 Reception Building
April 9, 1980
(#80004566)
2nd and B Sts.
60°33′10″N 145°45′02″W / 60.552778°N 145.750556°W / 60.552778; -145.750556 (Reception Building)
Cordova
24 Red Dragon Historic District
Red Dragon Historic District
August 31, 1982
(#82004899)
Lake St.
60°32′31″N 145°45′21″W / 60.541944°N 145.755833°W / 60.541944; -145.755833 (Red Dragon Historic District)
Cordova St. George's Church and the Red Dragon Reading Room
25 St. Michael the Archangel Church
St. Michael the Archangel Church
June 6, 1980
(#80004578)
In Cordova
60°32′33″N 145°44′16″W / 60.5425°N 145.737778°W / 60.5425; -145.737778 (St. Michael the Archangel Church)
Cordova part of the Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
26 Slana Roadhouse
Slana Roadhouse
February 2, 2005
(#04001569)
Mile 1 on Nebesna Rd.
62°42′19″N 143°57′39″W / 62.705278°N 143.960833°W / 62.705278; -143.960833 (Slana Roadhouse)
Slana
27 Tangle Lakes Archeological District
November 12, 1971
(#71001091)
Address Restricted
Paxson
28 Valdez Trail-Copper Bluff Segment
February 12, 1998
(#98000077)
Milepost 106.5 on the Richardson Highway
62°01′16″N 145°21′52″W / 62.021111°N 145.364444°W / 62.021111; -145.364444 (Valdez Trail-Copper Bluff Segment)
Copper City part of the Valdez Trail MPS

Former listing

Name on the Register Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Summary
1 Sourdough Lodge
Sourdough Lodge
October 1, 1974
(#74002264)
March 5, 1993
Mile 147.5, Richardson Highway
62°31′52″N 145°31′07″W / 62.5312°N 145.5187°W / 62.5312; -145.5187 (Sourdough Lodge)
Gakona Historic roadhouse; destroyed by fire in 1992.
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