St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska)

The St. Nicholas Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church in the native village of Igiugig, Alaska, United States. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

St. Nicholas Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
HABS photo, 1990
Location	Along Main Road, Igiugig, Alaska
Coordinates	59°19′37″N 155°53′42″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	80004579[1]
AHRS No.	ILI-042
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated AHRS	May 18, 1973

It is one of the region's smallest churches, measuring 12 by 18 feet (3.7 m × 5.5 m), with clapboard siding, a metal gable roof, and a small shed-roof vestibule at one end. The long walls each have three sash windows. A detached bell tower, holding five bells, stands next to the church. The church was built in 1930.[3] The vestibule has seen the addition of a little onion dome sometime after 1990.[4]

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. https://oca.org/parishes/oca-ak-igisnc
3. "NRHP nomination for St. Nicholas Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
4. "Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Igiugig". April 5, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2017.