| Site Id: |
59.2.1 |
| Rating: |
Nothing |
| Address: |
Spring Street at 6th Avenue |
| Location: |
Skagway, Alaska 99840, USA |
| Lat/Lng: |
59.45521, -135.31259 |
| Completeness: |
High |
| Building status: |
Demolished |
| Building date: |
1897-1907 [WEB] |
| Architect: |
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| Comment: |
The granddaughter, Mary Kopanski, of the original owner of the hotel, Harriet Pullen, closed the hotel down ca. 1961, and sold off artefacts, then housed in the Pullen Klondike Museum in Seattle, WA, in 1973 [ADT1973A, ADT1973B] |
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The building was torn down in Dec 1990 [ADN1990] |
| Status: |
Removed [FIEG2024] |
| Memorial name: |
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| Theme: |
Alaska Star [ADE1923A, EAGLE1923B] |
| Signature: |
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| Documentation: |
[ADE1923A, ADE1923B, EAGLE1923A, EAGLE1923B] |
| Memorial details: |
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| Donor: |
Jessie Van Brunt [ADE1923A, ADE1923B, EAGLE1923A, EAGLE1923B] |
| Date: |
Installed by Jun 1923 [ADE1923A, EAGLE1923A, EAGLE1923B] |
| Inscription: |
Star of Alaska! Loyal and true. / Soon may you shine in the red, white and blue. / Your story and fame have only begun. / Beautiful Land of the Midnight Sun. [ADE1923A] |
| Category: |
Ornamental |
| Location: |
sun parlor [ADE1923B] |
| History: |
Window sold (possibly as part of the 1973 sale) [FIEG2024, DEDUCED] |
| ADE1923A: |
Alaska Daily Empire (27 Jun 1923, p. 7) |
| ADE1923B: |
Alaska Daily Empire (15 Sep 1923, p. 8) |
| ADN1990: |
Anchorage Daily News (17 Dec 1990, p. A2) |
| ADT1973A: |
Anchorage Daily Times (25 Jan 1973, p. 52) |
| ADT1973B: |
Anchorage Daily Times (26 Jan 1973, p. 5) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| EAGLE1923A: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (22 Jul 1923, p. 20A) |
| EAGLE1923B: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (17 Aug 1923, p. 14) |
| FIEG2024: |
Karen Fieg, personal communication (31 Aug 2024) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |