1 Maksoutoff St., Sitka, Alaska. County/parish: Sitka.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 16, 1977. NRIS 77000226.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The W.P. Mills House, also known as Cushing House, Longenbaugh House, Poulson House and Island House, is a historic house at 1 Maksoutoff Street in Sitka, Alaska. It occupies a prominent site in Sitka, located on a small island in the harbor at the end of a 400-foot (120 m) causeway. The house is located on the site where, during the Russian period in the early nineteenth century, a fish-packing operation was located. In 1915, W. P. Mills, son of one of the former American owners of the saltery after the Alaska Purchase, hired Seattle-based architect Louis L. Mendal to design a house to stand on the old saltery's foundation. The design, which used the foundation as well as the massive wooden door of the saltery, adapted the foundation to provide a sheltered and private courtyard space, and to take advantage of the expansive views available.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325750