The Reception Building, once known as the Reception Saloon, is a historic building at the corner of 2nd Street and Browning Avenue in Cordova, Alaska. Set into a hillside, it is a wood-frame structure with two stories at the front and one at the rear. Built in 1908, it is one of the few surviving buildings associated with the early days of the city's development. The Reception Saloon was established by Owen Webster "Link" Wain, a major figure in the economic development of frontier Alaska in the early 20th century, and operated from 1908 until its closure due to Prohibition in 1918.[2]

Reception Building
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Reception Building is located in Alaska
Reception Building
LocationNortheastern corner of 2nd Street and Browning Avenue, Cordova, Alaska
Coordinates60°32′41″N 145°45′24″W / 60.54471°N 145.75667°W / 60.54471; -145.75667
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Built byO.W. "Link" Wahn; Bill Williams
NRHP reference No.80004566[1]
AHRS No.COR-115
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1980
Designated AHRSFebruary 10, 1978
Removed from NRHPApril 26, 2019

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was delisted in 2019.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Reception Building". National Park Service. Retrieved December 28, 2014.