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Item Title
Custom House, Front Street (Moved from Fort Egbert), Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
LocationFront Street (Moved from Fort Egbert),
Eagle, AK
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS AK-7-C
Building/structure dates:
1900 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1902 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1911 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1915
Part of building/structure is in Eagle vicinity, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK.
Significance: Originally the Noncommissioned Officers Quarters on Fort Egbert, the building was transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Treasury in 1915 and moved to Eagle where it served as the U.S. Custom House until deactivation in the 1930's. It was eventually transferred from GSA to the City of Eagle.
Subjects
Customs Houses
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. FRONT CORNER, NEXT TO NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY STORE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. FRONT, LOOKING WEST
3. SIDE AND REAR, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
4. INTERIOR, SHOWING MUSEUM COUNTER
5. INTERIOR, SHOWING STAIRCASE
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