The St. Nicholas Church in
Pilot Point, Alaska
Pilot Point (Alutiiq: ) is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, on the Alaska Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 70, up from 68 in 2010.
Geography
Pilot Point is located at (57.560226, -1 ...
, in
Lake and Peninsula Borough, is a
Russian Orthodox church
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whose historic building was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980. Now it is under
Diocese of Alaska of the
Orthodox Church in America
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The listing included one
contributing building
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
(the church) and one
contributing object
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
(a bell). The church, according to one source, was built in 1886; according to another it was built in 1912. It is "a modest rectangular building", in dimension.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1980.
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References
Buildings and structures in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Russian Orthodox church buildings in Alaska
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
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