Downtown Juneau in Juneau Borough, Alaska — Northwest (North America)
The MacKinnon Apartments
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
built • restored
1925 • 2000
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.
Location. 58° 18.116′ N, 134° 24.484′ W. Marker is in Juneau, Alaska, in Juneau Borough. It is in Downtown Juneau. Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street and North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 236 3rd Street, Juneau AK 99801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bishop Michael H. Kenny (within shouting distance of this marker); Liberty Bell Reproduction (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Seward & Alaska (about 400 feet away); William Henry Seward (about 400 feet away); St. Nichlolas Russian Orthodox Church (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named William Henry Seward (about 400 feet away); 4-Story Totem (about 500 feet away); Harvesting of the Atom (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Juneau.
Regarding The MacKinnon Apartments. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places registration for the site:
…Opened in 1925, the MacKinnon Apartments provided modern housing in Alaska's capital and largest city. The building is representative of the size and scale of the buildings constructed during the boom that occurred in Juneau during the 1920s. The period between World Wars I and II, 1921 to 1939, has been defined as Juneau's Peak Gold Mining Era. During that period, the town was the center for the territorial government, for the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company's huge hard rock operations, for salmon and halibut commercial fishermen, and for supplying southeast Alaska.…
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