Tanana Mission

The Tanana Mission (also known as Mission of Our Saviour; Episcopal Mission) was a historic Episcopal church mission in Tanana, Alaska. Its abandoned church building and cemetery are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

Tanana Mission
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	At end of Cemetery Road, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Tanana, Alaska
Coordinates	65°10′28″N 151°59′47″W
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1899
NRHP reference No.	77000230[1]
AHRS No.	TAN-018
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1977
Designated AHRS	November 11, 1976

It was deemed significant as artifacts of the once-large Episcopal mission, which additionally includeda hospital, a sawmill, a rectory, and a school. It is located about 3 miles up from the current Tanana village location. It was deemed "important to the history of interior Alaska as a place where permanent native (Indian) community was established near the mission which located itself opposite the prehistoric trading center of many interior Athapaskan Indians - Nuchalawoyya" and also as representing "a place where native people learned and participated in the activities of a foreign culture", and as a burial site, and as for the architecture of its church.[2]

The church building has multiple gables above a 52-by-48-foot (16 m × 15 m) plan.[2] It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register in 1977.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tanana Mission (AHRS SITE NO. TAN-018) / Mission of Our Saviour, Episcopal Mission". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1976