Left bank of the Yukon River 1 mi. up from Woodchopper Creek, Eagle, Alaska. County/parish: Yukon-Koyukuk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 20, 1987. NRIS 87001201.
Part of Yukon River Lifeways TR (NRIS 64000004).
1 contributing structure.
The Woodchopper Roadhouse, on the Yukon River, is a historic establishment that was built in approximately 1910. It is located in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. It served as a hotel and as a post office. Its log building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The two-story approximately 23-by-32-foot (7.0 m × 9.8 m) building is built from approximately 10-inch (250 mm) logs, peeled but not hewn. It is "the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle", and in fact is located halfway between, so it has served as a stopover point. For example, the Biedermmans of Ed Biederman Fish Camp used it as a stopover for dog sledding the mail up and down the frozen Yukon River. The site was also a steamboat stop, in the summer.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325263