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N. Lester Troast (1899–1958) was an American architect from Sitka and Juneau, Alaska, who was the first professional architect to practice in Alaska.
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Life and career
Troast began his career in the 1920s, as a teacher at Sitka's Sheldon Jackson School. Circa 1930, he left the school and established an architect's office in Sitka. At that time, he was noted as Alaska's only professional architect. Later that year he moved his office to Juneau, the largest city in the then-territory. He quickly associated with William A. Manley, who would become a partner in N. Lester Troast & Associates in 1935. Manley was sent to Anchorage in late 1937 to open an office for the firm in that city. Troast moved to New Jersey, and Manley opened his own Anchorage office in 1941.
In New Jersey, Troast lived in Clifton, and was associated with the family firm, the Mahoney-Troast Construction Company, headquartered in Passaic.
William Manley would go on to have a notable career as the senior partner in the Anchorage firm of Manley & Mayer.