List of National Historic Landmarks in Alaska

The List of National Historic Landmarks in Alaska lists all objects and sites in the US state of Alaska that have been designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior . As part of this program, buildings, ensembles and objects are placed under protection because of their special national significance.

Between 1960 and 2005, 48 historic sites in Alaska were granted National Historic Landmark status. These are predominantly sites from the earliest settlement period, Russian colonial heritage and sites from the Second World War. Two other sites have since been revoked.

National Historic Landmarks

	Surname	Date of award	place	Borough / Census Area	description
1	Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base	February 27, 1987	Adak station	Aleutians West	Starting point for the American attack on the Aleutian islands of Kiska and Attu, which were occupied by Japan during World War II ( Battle of the Aleutians )
2	Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall	June 2nd 1978	Sitka	Sitka
3	Amalik Bay Archeological District	April 4, 2005	King Salmon	Lake and Peninsula
4th	American Flag Raising Site	June 13, 1962	Sitka	Sitka	Location of the flag ceremonies after the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 and the elevation of Alaska to the 49th state of the USA in 1959
5	Anangula Site	June 2nd 1978	Nikolsky	Aleutians West	Place of the first signs of human settlement in the Aleutian Islands
6th	Attu Battlefield and US Army and Navy Airfields on Attu	4th February 1985	Attu Island	Aleutians West	Site of the only fighting on US soil during World War II
7th	Bering Expedition Landing Site	June 2nd 1978	Kayak Island	Valdez-Cordova	Place of first contact between Alaskan natives and Europeans
8th	Birnirk Site	December 29, 1962	Barrow	North Slope	16 prehistoric burial mounds of the Birnirk and Thule cultures
9	Brooks River Archeological District	April 19, 1993	Katmai National Park	Bristol Bay
10	Cape Krusenstern Archeological District	7th November 1973	Kotzebue	Northwest Arctic
11	Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites	June 2nd 1978	Nome	Nome	Gold discovery sites with historical significance for gold mining in Alaska
12	Chaluka site	December 29, 1962	Nikolsky	Aleutians West	Prehistoric site
13	Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site	June 16, 1978	Skagway	Skagway	One of the main routes to the Klondike River gold fields in the late 1890s ( Klondike Gold Rush )
14th	Church of the Holy Ascension	April 15, 1970	Unalaska	Aleutians West
15th	Dry Creek Archeological Site	June 2nd 1978	Healy (Alaska)	Yukon-Koyukuk
16	Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, US Army	4th February 1985	Unalaska	Aleutians West
17th	Eagle Historic District	June 2nd 1978	eagle	Southeast Fairbanks
18th	Fort Durham Site	June 2nd 1978	Taku Harbor	Juneau	One of three Hudson's Bay Company trading posts in Alaska
19th	Cape Field at Fort Glenn	May 28, 1987	Fort Glenn	Aleutians West
20th	Fort William H. Seward	June 2nd 1978	Haines	Haines
21st	Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site	June 2nd 1978	Sagwon	North Slope	Oldest archaeological site in northern Alaska, discovered in 1970 during construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
22nd	Holy Assumption Orthodox Church	April 15, 1970	Kenai	Kenai Peninsula
23	Ipiutak site	January 20, 1961	Point Hope Peninsula	North Slope
24	Iyatayet site	January 20, 1961	Cape Denbigh Peninsula	Nome
25th	Sheldon Jackson School	August 7, 2001	Sitka	Sitka	Oldest college in Alaska
26th	Kake Cannery	December 9, 1997	Kake	Petersburg
27	Kennecott Mines	June 23, 1986	Kennicott	Valdez-Cordova	Location of copper finds in 1900 and subsequent mining
28	Kijik Archeological District	October 12, 1994	Lake Clark National Park	Bristol Bay
29	Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island	4th February 1985	Kiska Island	Aleutians West
30th	Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie	4th February 1985	Kodiak	Kodiak Island
31	Ladd Field	4th February 1985	Fairbanks	Fairbanks North Star
32	Leffingwell Camp Site	June 2nd 1978	Flaxman Island	North Slope	Geologist and polar explorer Ernest de Koven Leffingwell's camp
33	Nenana (steamship)	May 5th 1989	Fairbanks	Fairbanks North Star
34	New Russia Site	June 2nd 1978	Yakutat	Hoonah Angoon	Russian trading post attacked and destroyed by the Tlingit in 1805
35	Onion Portage Archeological District	June 2nd 1978		Northwest Arctic	Important archaeological site, human presence for thousands of years
36	Palugvik Site	December 29, 1962	Hawkins Island	Valdez-Cordova
37	Russian-American Building # 29	May 28, 1987	Sitka	Sitka
38	Russian-American magazine	June 13, 1962	Kodiak	Kodiak Island
39	Russian Bishop's House	June 13, 1962	Sitka	Sitka	One of four surviving examples of Russian colonial style in the Western Hemisphere
40	St. Michael's Cathedral	June 13, 1962	Sitka	Sitka	First demonstrable Russian presence in North America
41	Seal Island Historic District	June 13, 1962	Pribilof Islands	Aleutians West
42	Sitka Naval Operating Base and US Army Coastal Defenses	August 11, 1986	Sitka	Sitka
43	Sitka Spruce Plantation	June 2nd 1978	Unalaska	Aleutians West	First recorded reforestation project in North America. Begun by Russian settlers in 1805 to make Unalaska independent of timber supplies.
44	Skagway Historic District and White Pass	June 13, 1962	Skagway and White Pass	Skagway
45	George C. Thomas Memorial Library	June 2nd 1978	Fairbanks	Fairbanks North Star	Location of the meeting between representatives of the United States and Native Alaska people to settle territorial claims in 1915
46	Three Saints Bay Site	June 2nd 1978	Old Harbor	Kodiak Island	Site of the first Russian settlement in Alaska in 1784
47	Wales site	December 29, 1962	Wales	Nome
48	Yukon Island Main Site	December 29, 1962	Yukon Island	Kenai Peninsula