Cable House and Station

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]

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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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