St._Nicholas_Chapel_(Igiugig,_Alaska)

St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska)

St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska)

Historic church in Alaska, United States

The St. Nicholas Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church in the native village of Igiugig, Alaska, United States. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

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It is one of the region's smallest churches, measuring 12 by 18 feet (3.7 m × 5.5 m), with clapboard siding, a metal gable roof, and a small shed-roof vestibule at one end. The long walls each have three sash windows. A detached bell tower, holding five bells, stands next to the church. The church was built in 1930.[3] The vestibule has seen the addition of a little onion dome sometime after 1990.[4]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
  3. [3]
    "NRHP nomination for St. Nicholas Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Igiugig". April 5, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
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