Built 1905 (1905) Designated CP February 2, 2001 Area 400 m² | NRHP Reference # 77001579 Opened 1905 Added to NRHP 3 August 1977 | |
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Part of Gakona Historic District (#01000024) | ||
Gakona roadhouse top 5 facts
The Gakona Roadhouse is a historic traveler service facility in Gakona, Alaska, at mile 205 of the Glenn Highway. It is a 1-1/2 log structure with a gabled roof covered in corrugated metal. A shed-roof addition extends to the main block's east side. The roadhouse was built c. 1904, during the construction by the United States Army of the Trans-Alaska Military Road between Valdez and Eagle. This roadhouse was strategically located at a place where that road diverged from the old Eagle Trail, used by miners to reach the gold rush fields of the Yukon River. The original 1904 structure is used for storage; the present roadhouse facilities are provided by later (1920s) structures.
The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.