The Cape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on the
Iditarod Trail
The Iditarod Trail, also known historically as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, is a thousand-plus mile (1,600 km) historic and contemporary trail system in the US state of Alaska. The trail began as a composite of trails established by Alaska n ...
. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to the
Nome
Nome may refer to:
Country subdivision
* Nome (Egypt), an administrative division within ancient Egypt
* Nome (Greece), the administrative division immediately below the ''peripheries of Greece'' (, pl. )
Places United States
* Nome, Alaska
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area during the
Nome Gold Rush
The Nome Gold Rush was a gold rush in Nome, Alaska, approximately 1899–1909.. It is separated from other gold rushes by the ease with which gold could be obtained. Much of the gold was lying in the beach sand of the landing place and could b ...
, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typical
New England
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saltbox house
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, although its main entrance is on what would normally be considered the side of such a building. Its oldest portion is a log structure, which was expanded with lumber wood framing, and the whole building is now covered with clapboard siding. It is the only structure surviving from the route of a
delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 achieved by a relay of dogsled teams. The roadhouse declined with the advent of aviation to the area, and was used as an orphanage, a military communications facility during
World War II
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, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.
The roadhouse was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1976.
See also
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Cape Nome
Cape Nome is a headland on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated on the northern shore of Norton Sound, to the east of Nome, Alaska, Nome also on Norton Sound. It is delimited by the Norton Sound to the south, Hastings ...
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References
External links
Cape Nome Roadhouse/INHT Trail InventoryCape Nome Roadhouse – Statement of SignificanceCape Nome Roadhouse*
Historic American Buildings Survey
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(HABS) No. AK-5-M,
Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Cape Nome Roadhouse
1900 establishments in Alaska
Buildings and structures completed in 1900
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nome Census Area, Alaska
Retail buildings in Alaska
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