St. Nicholas Church (Nikolski, Alaska)

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St. Nicholas Church
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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1990 HABS photo
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LocationIn Nikolski, Nikolski, Alaska
Coordinates 52°56′18″N168°51′42″W / 52.93833°N 168.86167°W / 52.93833; -168.86167
Arealess than one acre
Built1930
MPS Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No. 80000740 [1]
AHRS No.SAM-022
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1980
Designated AHRSMay 18, 1973

St. Nicholas Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Nikolski, Alaska, which is located at the southern end of Umnak Island. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America [2]

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The current church was built in 1930, and is believed to be the fourth church on the island: the first was built and was burned within the 1800s, the second was burned in 1898, the third was built in 1898-1900 a few miles away then moved to the current church location in about 1918, and was replaced in 1930. The church has a customary three-element design (altar section, nave, and vestibule section), with addition of a nearly independent bell tower. Its nave is larger and taller than usual among the Russian Orthodox churches of Alaska, and it has "simple detailing [which] coupled with small, economically severe, windows, suggests an almost Shaker design influence," according to a 1979 evaluation. [3] [4]

The church was added to 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. "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
  3. 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.
  4. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "St. Nicholas Church (AHRS SITE NO. SAM-022)". National Park Service. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1975