Built 1936 (1936) NRHP Reference # 75002158 Area 400 m² | Architectural style log cabin Opened 1936 Added to NRHP 20 November 1975 | |
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Location University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, College, Alaska | ||
Rainey's Cabin, also known as the Rainey/Skarland Cabin is a historic log cabin on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in College, Alaska. It is a single-story three-room log structure, with a massive central stone fireplace. The cabin was built in 1939 by Froelich Rainey, the first chairman of the university's anthropology department. The cabin for many years played a significant role as a social center of the university, and was where Rainey hosted a number of pioneering archaeologists and anthropologists, including J. Louis Giddings and Frederica de Laguna. The cabin was later occupied by Ivar Skarland, who succeeded to Rainey's chair and continued his social practices. The university uses the cabin as housing for anthropology and archaeology professors and students.