St._Nicholas_Chapel_(Seldovia,_Alaska)

St. Nicholas Chapel (Seldovia, Alaska)

St. Nicholas Chapel (Seldovia, Alaska)

Historic Russian Orthodox church in Seldovia, Alaska, United States

St. Nicholas Chapel (Russian: Церковь Николая Чудотворца), commonly known as Russian Orthodox Church, is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Seldovia, Alaska, United States. The church was most likely built in 1891 and replaced a log church. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

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The church's design features a bell tower with an octagonal, partly open belfry; the tower is topped by a tall cross. The church has a gable roof with a four-sided cupola in the middle, which is topped by another cross.[3][4]

The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Parishes - St. Nicholas Church".
  3. [3]
    Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
  4. [4]
    Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "St. Nicholas Chapel (AHRS SITE NO. SEL-023)". National Park Service. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1976
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