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The Wireless Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Building A, the original building, in 2021
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Location	124, 132 and 140 East Manor Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates	61°13′45″N 149°52′53″W / 61.22917°N 149.88139°W / 61.22917; -149.88139
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1917
NRHP reference No.	15000843
AHRS No.	ANC-00306
Added to NRHP	December 1, 2015

The Wireless Station is a historic US government telecommunications facility at East Manor and Boyd Streets in Anchorage, Alaska. The property includes three buildings (built in 1917, 1934, and 1949) that were used to maintain radio communications in the Anchorage area, with ships at sea, and as a communications link to Seattle, Washington as part of military WAMCATS telecommunications system. In addition, the station was used for communications during the construction of the Alaska Railroad, and, during the 1925 serum run to Nome, it was used to inform the residents of Nome that the diphtheria antitoxin was on its way.

Design

The three buildings are single-story frame structures with clapboard siding. The original 1917 building has a cupola, that when illuminated, originally served as a beacon for ships seeking to reach the Anchorage port. The station saw active service until the early 1950s and has stood vacant since the 1990s.

The station complex was listed on the US National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. McKinstry, Erin (August 30, 2018). "Future uncertain for crumbling historic buildings in Anchorage". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
3. Sarah Wilson; Summer Rickman (February 10, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Wireless Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2016. With seven photos from 2014.

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