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Tanana Mission
Historic church in Alaska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tanana Mission (also known as Mission of Our Saviour; Episcopal Mission) was a historic Episcopal church mission in Tanana, Alaska. Its abandoned church building and cemetery are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
Tanana Mission | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Location | At end of Cemetery Road, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Tanana, Alaska |
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Coordinates | 65°10′28″N 151°59′47″W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1899 |
NRHP reference No. | 77000230[1] |
AHRS No. | TAN-018 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 3, 1977 |
Designated AHRS | November 11, 1976 |
It was deemed significant as artifacts of the once-large Episcopal mission, which additionally includeda hospital, a sawmill, a rectory, and a school. It is located about 3 miles up from the current Tanana village location. It was deemed "important to the history of interior Alaska as a place where permanent native (Indian) community was established near the mission which located itself opposite the prehistoric trading center of many interior Athapaskan Indians - Nuchalawoyya" and also as representing "a place where native people learned and participated in the activities of a foreign culture", and as a burial site, and as for the architecture of its church.[2]
The church building has multiple gables above a 52-by-48-foot (16 m × 15 m) plan.[2] It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register in 1977.[1]