St. Nicholas Chapel (Russian: Церковь Николая Чудотворца), commonly known as Russian Orthodox Church, is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Seldovia, Alaska, United States. The church was most likely built in 1891 and replaced a log church. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]
St. Nicholas Chapel | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | Church Street, Seldovia, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 59°26′22″N 151°42′59″W / 59.43944°N 151.71639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| MPS | Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004588[1] |
| AHRS No. | SEL-023 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 6, 1980 |
| Designated AHRS | May 18, 1973 |
The church's design features a bell tower with an octagonal, partly open belfry; the tower is topped by a tall cross. The church has a gable roof with a four-sided cupola in the middle, which is topped by another cross.[3][4]
The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "St. Nicholas Chapel (AHRS SITE NO. SEL-023)". National Park Service. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1976
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