Mary Lee Davis House

Mary Lee Davis House
Location 410 Cowles St., Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates 64°50′37″N 147°43′40″W / 64.84361°N 147.72778°W / 64.84361; -147.72778Coordinates: 64°50′37″N 147°43′40″W / 64.84361°N 147.72778°W / 64.84361; -147.72778
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1913 (1913)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 82004901[1]
Added to NRHP September 30, 1982

The Mary Lee Davis House is a historic house at 410 Cowles Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is now the Alaska Heritage House, a bed and breakfast inn.[2] It is a 1-1/2 story bungalow-style house, set at the northern corner of Cowles and 5th Avenue in a residential area of the city. The exact construction date of the house is uncertain: it was probably complete by 1916, but construction may have begun as early as 1906; it is acknowledged as the city's oldest occupied residence. The unfinished house was purchased by writer Mary Lee Davis and her husband, who finished the building and added a number of its distinctive touches, including the city's first residential coal heating system. After a period of ownership by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, during which it was home to company executives, it went through a succession of owners[3] before being converted to a bed and breakfast.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Alaska Heritage House". Alaska Heritage House. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  3. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Mary Lee Davis House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-19.


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