The Sourdough Inn, at First and Sled Streets in

Fort Yukon, Alaska Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 583 at the 2010 census, down from 59 ...

, was built in 1926, by moving a disused Army building from

Fort Egbert Fort Egbert was a U.S. Army base in Eagle, Alaska. It operated from 1899 to 1911. History Fort Egbert was established in 1899, during the Klondike Gold Rush, as U.S. Army headquarters in the District of Alaska. It was named by U.S. President Wi ...

near

Eagle, Alaska Eagle ( in Hän Athabascan) is a city on the south bank of the Yukon River near the Canada–US border in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The ...

. It was then modified and opened as a hotel. It has also been known as the New Sourdough Hotel and has served as a restaurant, a hotel, a post office and, briefly in the 1940s, as a school. The Sourdough Inn was a three-story gable-roofed building approximately in size, with a two-story addition in the back. and The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1997. Following its NRHP listing, it was the only frame building and the only hotel in the community of Fort Yukon. The building no longer stands at its original location, which was in an area subjected to heavy floods. It is unclear whether it was destroyed or relocated elsewhere in

Fort Yukon Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in language, Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska N ...

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1926 establishments in Alaska Hotel buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Fort Yukon, Alaska Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Restaurants in Alaska School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Schools in Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{YukonKoyukukAK-geo-stub

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