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
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
HABS photo, 1990
St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska) is located in Alaska
St. Nicholas Chapel (Igiugig, Alaska)
LocationAlong Main Road, Igiugig, Alaska
Coordinates59°19′37″N 155°53′42″W / 59.32701°N 155.89508°W / 59.32701; -155.89508
Arealess than one acre
Built1930 (1930)
MPSRussian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.80004579[1]
AHRS No.ILI-042
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1980
Designated AHRSMay 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]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for St. Nicholas Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Igiugig". April 5, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2017.