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 HB317 Looking West
|  HB318 West Front
|  HB319 West Front And South Side Of Belltower
|  HB320 South Side Of Belltower, Looking Northwest
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 HB321 South Side, Looking Northeast
|  HB322 South Side Of Transept
|  HB323 East Side
|  HB324 Northeast Side Of Dome And Cupola
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 HB325 North Side Of Transept, Looking Southwest
|  HB326 North Side, Looking Southeast
|  HB327 Interior, Nave, Looking East In Dome Toward Iconostas
|  HB328 Interior, Nave, Looking Northeast Toward North Chapel
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 HB329 Interior, Nave, Iconostas, Looking Northeast
|  HB330 Interior, Nave, Iconostas With Doors Open
|  HB331 Interior, Nave, Iconostas, Detail Of Royal Doors
|  HB332 Interior, North Chapel, Looking Northeast
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 HB333 Interior, South Chapel, Looking East, Iconostas Doors Open
|  HB334 Interior, Nave, Looking West
|  HB335 Interior, Nave, Dome
|  HB336 Interior, Nave, Dome, Closer
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 HB337 Interior, Sanctuary, Looking Southeast
|  HB338 Interior, North Sanctuary, Looking East
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Supplemental Material

Item Title
LocationLincoln Street,
Sitka, AK
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS AK-1
Building/structure dates:
1844 initial construction
National Register Number: 66000165
Significance: The Cathedral was built in the period 1844-1848. It was the spiritual center for the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska from the date of completion until 1872 and from 1905 to the present time. In the interim period, the center for the Orthodox faith was moved to San Francisco. In 1905 the Episcopal See moved to New York and the St. Michael's Mission was raised to the rank of archdiocese. It is a splendid and typical example of Eastern Orthodox Church architecture in Alaska. / The seat of the Russian Orthodox church in Alaska since the previous building was constructed here in the 1840s, St. Michael's Cathedral has an architectural presence that reflects its spiritual importance. This building is a reconstruction based on HABS drawings of the 1840s log church that burned in 1966. The reconstruction is a faithful one, maintaining the cruciform plan, domed silhouette, and modest interior brightened by a dazzling array of icons and golden treasures.
Subjects
Mission ChurchesOrthodox Churches
Related Names
Episcopal See
Eastern Orthodox Church
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING WEST
2. WEST FRONT
3. WEST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE OF BELLTOWER
4. SOUTH SIDE OF BELLTOWER, LOOKING NORTHWEST
5. SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. SOUTH SIDE OF TRANSEPT
7. EAST SIDE
8. NORTHEAST SIDE OF DOME AND CUPOLA
9. NORTH SIDE OF TRANSEPT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
10. NORTH SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
11. INTERIOR, NAVE, LOOKING EAST IN DOME TOWARD ICONOSTAS
12. INTERIOR, NAVE, LOOKING NORTHEAST TOWARD NORTH CHAPEL
13. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING NORTHEAST
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
15. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS WITH DOORS OPEN
16. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF ROYAL DOORS
17. INTERIOR, NORTH CHAPEL, LOOKING NORTHEAST
18. INTERIOR, SOUTH CHAPEL, LOOKING EAST, ICONOSTAS DOORS OPEN
19. INTERIOR, NAVE, LOOKING WEST
20. INTERIOR, NAVE, DOME
21. INTERIOR, NAVE, DOME, CLOSER
22. INTERIOR, SANCTUARY, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
INTERIOR, SANCTUARY, LOOKING NORTHWEST
24. INTERIOR, NORTH SANCTUARY, LOOKING EAST
WEST FRONT
NORTH SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING NORTHEAST
INTERIOR DETAIL, ICON OF MADONNA AND CHILD
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