Government Indian School

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Government Indian School
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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LocationFirst Avenue, between Union Street and View Street, Haines, Alaska
Coordinates 59°14′16″N135°26′35″W / 59.23778°N 135.44306°W / 59.23778; -135.44306
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1905 (1905)
Built by U.S. Bureau of Education
NRHP reference No. 80000756 [1]
AHRS No.SKG-075
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1980
Designated AHRSJune 20, 1977

The Government Indian School, also known as the B.I.A. School and later the City Multipurpose Building, is a historic school building in Haines, Alaska. The building is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, 71 feet (22 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide, built in 1906. It is basically a Cape Cod style structure, an unusual form for Southeast Alaska, and an unusual sight when it was built. About 1/3 of its interior provided living quarters for the schoolmaster, and there were two classrooms on the first floor, and an auxiliary finished space in the loft area that saw several uses during the building's use as a school. The building is distinctive as a rare early school building built by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and it was the first 20th century structure built in Haines. It served as a school until 1945, after which it was adapted to other public uses. [2] The building is currently hosting the Chilkat Valley Preschool.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Government Indian School". National Park Service. Retrieved July 18, 2014.