Tanana Mission

Historic church in Alaska, United States

United States historic place

Tanana Mission

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

Location| At end of Cemetery Road, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Tanana, Alaska
Coordinates| 65°10′28″N 151°59′47″W﻿ / ﻿65.17446°N 151.99627°W﻿ / 65.17446; -151.99627
Area| 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built| 1899
NRHP reference No.| 77000230[1]
AHRS No.| TAN-018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| August 3, 1977
Designated AHRS| November 11, 1976

The Tanana Mission (also known as Mission of Our Saviour; Episcopal Mission) was a historic Episcopal church mission in Tanana, Alaska. Its abandoned church building and cemetery are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

It was deemed significant as artifacts of the once-large Episcopal mission, which additionally includeda hospital, a sawmill, a rectory, and a school. It is located about 3 miles up from the current Tanana village location. It was deemed "important to the history of interior Alaska as a place where permanent native (Indian) community was established near the mission which located itself opposite the prehistoric trading center of many interior Athapaskan Indians - Nuchalawoyya" and also as representing "a place where native people learned and participated in the activities of a foreign culture", and as a burial site, and as for the architecture of its church.[2]

The church building has multiple gables above a 52-by-48-foot (16 m × 15 m) plan.[2] It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register in 1977.[1]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

## References

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1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tanana Mission (AHRS SITE NO. TAN-018) / Mission of Our Saviour, Episcopal Mission". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1976

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