Tagged: University of Alaska

Russian-American Company’s Kolmakovsky Redoubt blockhouse re-built at UAF’s Museum of the North

  Kolmakovsky Redoubt blockhouse Last year the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North put the finishing touches on a re-built Russian blockhouse near the woods behind the museum. The blockhouse was built in...

Historic buildings on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus

Here are some historic building on the UAF campus that are worth visiting.  Bunnell House–the residence of the school’s first president, Charles Bunnell. Bult in 1921, it is one of the oldest buildings on...

Quirky Eielson building at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has an art deco history all its own

  The University of Alaska (established in 1915 as the Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines) sits on a ridge with a commanding view of the Tanana and Chena River flats. People...