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Immaculate Conception Church (Fairbanks, Alaska)

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
76002278

Phone
  
+1 907-452-3533

Built
  
1904

Opened
  
1904

Added to NRHP
  
3 April 1976

Immaculate Conception Church (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Location
  
115 N. Cushman St., Fairbanks, Alaska

Address
  
115 N Cushman St, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA

Similar
  
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Golden heart plaza, Pioneer Park, Friends of Creamer's Field, Birch Hill Cemetery

Profiles

The Immaculate Conception Church is a historic church and former cathedral at 115 N. Cushman Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.

Built in 1904, it was the first Roman Catholic Church erected in Alaska's interior. The church was originally located on Dunkel Street, but in the winter of 1911-12, the church was moved across the Chena River to its present location so that it would be closer to St. Joseph's Hospital, which closed in the 1960s. After the move, the basement of rough frame structure was enlarged to provide a parish hall, it was wired for electricity, and a parish house was built adjacent. The steeple and vestibule were added in 1914, the roof was raised, and the choir gallery added. Its stained glass windows were added in 1926-28.

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

References

Immaculate Conception Church (Fairbanks, Alaska) Wikipedia