Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 80000742 Added to NRHP 6 June 1980 | Built 1936 Opened 1936 | |
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St. Nicholas Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox chapel in Sand Point, Alaska.
It was built in 1936. According to a 1979 evaluation of the church for possible historic registry listing, it is "a building of strong religious statement, clear and expressive." The evaluation notes that its entrance vestibule is within a "commanding" square tower at its west end, which "rises to a truncated pyramidal roof above its second level, and supports a handsome open-work octagonal bell tower".
As of 1979, it was in deteriorated condition and services were no longer conducted in the building (they were conducted in a private house, instead). But the building was "swept and kept neat" and secure from vandalism.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.