Historic Building Survey - City and Borough of Juneau

INTRODUCTION
Historic Preservation
The Chicken Ridge Neighborhood Historic Building Survey is a continuation of the City and
Borough of Juneau Community Development Department's efforts to identify, survey, and
preserve historic neighborhoods. The Chicken Ridge Neighborhood is a rich historical and
architectural resource and is deserving of further recognition. With this in mind, the
Department's eventual goal is to use survey information to nominate the residential area of
Chicken Ridge to the NationalRegister of Historic Places as a historic. district.
The preservation of our country's cultural resources is imperative and efforts to accomplish this
task are evident in the actions of government and private citizens alike. Many of these efforts
began with the Antiquities Act of 1906 and the Historic Sites Act of 1935 which established the
National Historic Landmarks Survey. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
authorized the National Register of Historic Places, expanding Federal recognition to historic
properties of local and state significance.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official Federal list of districts, sites, objects,
buildings, and structures significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering,
and culture. Significance may be found in four aspects of American history recognized by the
National Register Criteria:
* Association with historic events oractivities
* Association with important persons,
* Distinctive design or physical characteristics, or
* Potential to provide important information about prehistory orhistory .
The National Register is administrated by the National Park Service and nominations for listing
historic properties come from State Historic Preservation Officers. Communities, such as the
City and Borough of Juneau, having a certified local historic preservation program, called
CertifiedLoca1. Governments (CLOs), also make recommendations, based on identification and
surveys such as this one, to the SHPO on the eligibility of properties within their community.
Purpose of the Inventory/Survey
In 1984 the City and Borough ofJuneau, adopted its Comprehensive Plan. The Plan establishes
policies for planning and development. Policy #53 states, "It is the policy of the CBJ to identify
.and protect historic and archaeological resources." Implementing actions for this policy include:
* Complete the inventory of historic resources .and evaluate historical significance
and relative value of each resource.
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