Cable House and Station

Cable House and Station
Cable House and Station is located in Downtown Sitka
Cable House and Station
Cable House and Station is located in Alaska
Cable House and Station
Location2 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates57°02′55″N 135°20′21″W / 57.04866°N 135.33911°W / 57.04866; -135.33911
Area1.76 acres (0.71 ha)
NRHP reference No.79000412[1]
AHRS No.SIT-212
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1979
Designated AHRSOctober 12, 1977

The Cable House and Station, also known as the Communications Center and Quarters, is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in Sitka, Alaska. It is a modest two-story building, about 40 feet (12 m) square, with a hip roof. The building housed the telecommunications hub of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS), a military communications network established in the first decade of the 20th century, during the period of the Alaska boundary dispute with neighboring Canada.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Cable House and Station". National Park Service. Retrieved October 6, 2014.

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