Ketchikan Ranger House

The Ketchikan Ranger House at 309 Gorge Street in Ketchikan, Alaska was built in 1916 in the residential Captain's Hill district of Ketchikan. Designed by USDA Forest Service in "Vernacular Victorian" style, it housed the U.S. Forest Service's district rangers until 1978. The 1+1⁄2-story frame house has remained essentially unaltered from its original construction. It was built for $650 to serve the first forest ranger for the state of Alaska.^[2]

Ketchikan Ranger House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	309 Gorge Street, Ketchikan, Alaska
Coordinates	55°20′47″N 131°39′34″W
Area	0.15 acres (0.061 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	USDA Forest Service
Architectural style	Vernacular Victorian
NRHP reference No.	87000645[1]
AHRS No.	KET-275
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1987
Designated AHRS	February 17, 1987

The house was originally built on a post-and-piling foundation, with a partial concrete foundation added at a later date when a basement was excavated. The gable roof runs from the front to the back, with two hipped dormers on the east side and one shed dormer on the west side. The front door is on the uphill side, offset to one side on a partly enclosed porch. Most of the house's original woodwork, finishes and hardware have survived.^[2]

The Ketchikan Ranger House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Chris Rabich Campbell (December 18, 1985). "Ketchikan Ranger House". and accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from about 1938 and from 1984