Illinois Street Historic District - Fairbanks, Alaska
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Historic district encompassing housing, support and office buildings of the Fairbanks Exploration Company in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Waymark Code: WMAXRA
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 03/08/2011
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"The Illinois Street Historic District served as the primary industrial, administrative and residential complex for the Fairbanks Exploration Company, a subsidiary of the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company, beginning in 1925. The F.E. Company built its industrial complex and administrative offices, housing complex for its staff, and home for the company manager along Illinois Street. It also purchased and renovated the home of Fred Noyes, a prominent local pioneer businessman for whom Noyes Slough is named. The district retains a mixture of industrial, commercial and residential buildings. The district has the first reinforced concrete building in interior Alaska, the first steel-framed buildings in interior Alaska, one of the best examples of Colonial Revival architecture in Alaska, two good examples of Tudor Revival architecture, and a complex of four houses that are good examples of Bungalow architecture." - National Register Nomination form
Street address:
300-700 Illinois St.
Fairbanks, Alaska
County / Borough / Parish: Fairbanks North Star
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Vacant/Not In Use
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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