Steele Creek Roadhouse

Steele Creek Roadhouse

The roadhouse during flooding in 2011
Nearest city Eagle, Alaska
Coordinates 64°16′15″N 141°17′3″W / 64.27083°N 141.28417°W / 64.27083; -141.28417Coordinates: 64°16′15″N 141°17′3″W / 64.27083°N 141.28417°W / 64.27083; -141.28417
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1898 (1898)
NRHP Reference # 80004576[1]
Added to NRHP April 29, 1980

The Steele Creek Roadhouse is a historic roadhouse, post office, and trading post in east-central Alaska. It is located on the south side of the Fortymile River, at the mouth of Steele Creek, and is accessible via a hiking trail from mile 105 of the Taylor Highway, or by river access. It is a two-story log structure, 50 feet (15 m) wide and 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. Its first story was built c. 1898 by a man named Anderson, with the second story added in about 1910. It was on the main route between Eagle and Chicken between 1907 and 1951, serving travelers and local residents, until the Taylor Highway bypassed it.[2] It underwent restoration in 2011.[3]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Steele Creek Roadhouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  3. "Crew Saves Steele Creek Roadhouse". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2014-12-20.


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