Whirlwind trip to Kenai Peninsula historic sites – Summer 2017
Several weeks ago Betsy and I drove down to the Kenai Peninsula for the weekend. We hadn’t been there in about 15 years. While we were there Betsy let me check out a bunch of historic sites. There are too many sites to visit in one weekend, but here are the ones we stopped at.
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Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church (Russian Orthodox) in Kenai, 1894-96
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Bunnell Street Arts Center( originally the Inlet Trading Post) in Old Town section of Homer, pre-WWII
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Thorn-Stingley House in Homer, 1945
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Seward Cable Office, 1905
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Seward. 1904-1917
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Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, originally a commercial building, 1916
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Seward train depot, 1917
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Summit Lake Lodge at Summit Lake along the Seward Highway, early 1950s
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Hope Historic District in Hope, about 1889 to early 1900s