Built 1905 (1905) Opened 1905 Added to NRHP 8 February 1980 | NRHP Reference # 80000756 Area 1,600 m² | |
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Location 1st St., Haines, Alaska | ||
The Government Indian School is a historic school building in Haines, Alaska. The building is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, 71 feet (22 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, built in 1906. It is basically a Cape Cod style structure, an unusual form for Southeast Alaska, and an unusual sight when it was built. About 1/3 of its interior provided living quarters for the schoolmaster, and there were two classrooms on the first floor, and an auxiliary finished space in the loft area that saw several uses during the building's use as a school. The building is distinctive as a rare early school building built by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and it was the first 20th century structure built in Haines. It served as a school until 1945, after which it was adapted to other public uses.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.