KENI Radio Building

The KENI Radio Building is an Art Moderne building in Anchorage, Alaska, designed by architect Augustine A. Porreca and completed in 1948. The building housed KENI AM, the second radio station in Anchorage.

KENI Radio Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The building in 1991
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Location	1777 Forest Park Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates	61°12′19″N 149°55′31″W
Area	less than 1 acre
Built	1948
Built by	Al Swalling
Architect	Augustine A. Porreca
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	88000380[1]
AHRS No.	ANC-361
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1988

The reinforced concrete two-story building was owned by Cap Lathrop, who had worked with Porreca on Lathrop's Fourth Avenue Theatre. Besides radio station facilities, the building also housed three apartments.^[2]

The building was purchased by Gregory Carr in the late 1990s, after the radio station moved to the Dimond Center, and converted into a private residence.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Hoagland, Alison K. (1993). "Anchorage". Buildings of Alaska. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-19-509380-1.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-176, "KENI Radio Building, 1777 Forest Park Drive, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page