Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel

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Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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LocationIn Nushagak, Alaska
Coordinates 58°56′47″N158°29′27″W / 58.94644°N 158.49074°W / 58.94644; -158.49074
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
MPS Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No. 80000752 [1]
AHRS No.XNB-012
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1980
Designated AHRSMay 18, 1973

The Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Nushagak, Alaska, United States. This now-abandoned building was erected in 1904 and was the third Russian Orthodox church to be built on this site, following earlier ones dating to the 1820s and 1860. Although this church has obvious Russian Orthodox features (most notably the onion dome atop the tower), it would not otherwise look out of place in a traditional New England village. [2]

The church 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 Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved February 2, 2014.