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ALEXANDER HOUSE
The Alexander House, 120 West First Street, is adjacent to the Percy
Reynolds House. Both structures face south and overlook Gastineau Channel and
Douglas Island.
Two names are associated with this site: Captain Charles Tibbets and Judge
George Forest Alexander. Captain Tibbets and his wife owned the site from 1889
until it was sold by his estate in 1931. Tibbets, a mariner, was associated
with.the ownership and operation of the first Juneau-Douglas ferry boat company
(Davis 1893). For a number of years he was skipper of crafts for the Juneau
Ferry and Navigation Company, which took over the ferry operation between Juneau
and Douglas. Later he was in command of crafts for the United States Bureau of
Fisheries. Toward the end of his life he operated a candy store on Main and
Third Streets (Daily Alaskan Empire 1931).
Alexander purchased the site in 1938 and constructed a house in 1939 (City
of Juneau 1901-1951). He was the U.S. District Judge, First Judicial District,
Juneau from 1933 to 1947 (Atwood, DeArmond 1967). The structure is currently
owned by the Southeastern Newspaper Corporation.
This bungalow-style, It story, 24'x36' structure, encompasses 1,028 square
feet. It has a green stucco exterior and an intersecting cedar-shingle gable
roof with minimal eaves and original chimney. Wood steps lead up to the front"
entry located on the south facade. The entry is sheltered by a shed-roofed open
canopy. The single, shed-roof, front dormer contains a double-hung sash window.
The front gable has two double-hung sash windows with new exterior storm panes.
There are two double-hung sash windows on the east and west gable ends. The
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