Historic Building Survey - City and Borough of Juneau

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Historic significance is the importance of a property to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering, or culture of a community, State, or the nation and can be achieved in the following ways: * * * * Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or .represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Significance can be on a.local, State, or national level. The Chicken Ridge neighborhood is eligible for inclusion on the National Register for local significance under criterion A and criterion C. Under criterion A, for association with patterns of history, Chicken Ridge is eligible because ofits associations with patterns ofcommunity development in Juneau from 1893 to ·1939. The residential subdivision of Chicken Ridge clearly demonstrates that with the establishment ofmajor mining operations and the subsequent move ofthe Territorial government to Juneau, an influx of mining, government, and other professionals necessitated the development of subdivisions to house the population. Under Criterion C, Chicken Ridge is eligible as a local example of a district whose components lack individual. distinction but form a distinguishable entity. .Chicken Ridge is eligible because it is at once unique and representative of Juneau's vernacular interpretations of national architectural trends from 1893 to 1939. Chicken Ridgeis a cohesive and intact example of a neighborhood which represents the modest stylistic interpretations typical of the Juneauarea but with additional design features reflecting. the socio-economic class of its residents. Most buildings are of wood frame construction reflecting the available materials and historic building technology. The few reinforced concrete structures included in the survey were probably influenced by the higher technology brought to Juneau by the mining engineers. Many buildings in the survey area reference the period architectural styles and are some of the finest examples to be found in Juneau. However, the builders were clearly forced to reinterpret and modify national styles because of the lack of building materials which resulted because of Juneau's location. Period·of Significance The properties identified as contributing to the significance of the neighborhood fall· into three basic time periods which were influenced byhistoric events in the development of Juneau. The initial development .of the town began in 1893, the date of construction of the first property. Nineteen homes constructed in the Chicken Ridge Neighborhood can be directly linked to this era. The next period of development began in 1912 when Alaska was designated Territorial status. This period also coincides withthe beginning ofthe hard rock gold mining development. Thirty-nine homes in the Chicken Ridge Neighborhood were constructed during this period. The third period of development in the Chicken Ridge Neighborhood which was studied for this report was Gold Miningera. The government complex was growing at this time as well and 200
some of the mining growth took place prior to 1921, however, this was the peak production period of the Alaska Juneau gold Mining Company which probably had the most influence on Juneau's development of all the local mines. Thirty homes were constructed in the neighborhood during this period. With 75 properties judged to have maintained their physical integrity from the period of historic significance, and only 21 which have not, a more than sufficient number of properties exist which illustrate the historic themes and, in addition, the integrity of the neighborhood is not compromised by the properties which have been altered. The survey area of Chicken Ridge explains the themes of community development and vernacularinterpretations ofnational architectural trends. The neighborhood surveyed represents a unique and recognizable district whose history and physical characteristics are represented in its individual properties. The basic elements necessary for completion of National Register forms for the Chicken Ridge District exist in this document. Where From Here? In May of 1992 the City and Borough of Juneau received a Certified Local Government Grant to write a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Chicken Ridge Historic District. Wickersham House and Chicken Ridge at Top, circa 1909 Winter and Pond Collection; peA 87-1-7 Courtesy ofthe Alaska State Historical Library. 201
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements
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INTRODUCTION Historic Preservation
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Description of Survey Area In order
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City ofJuneau Historic Neighborhood
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