Andrew Berg Cabin
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{{Infobox nrhp
| name = Andrew Berg Cabin
| nrhp_type =
| image = Andrew Berg Cabin.jpg
| caption =
| location = Tustumena Lake, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
| nearest_city = Soldotna
| locmapin = Alaska
| coordinates = {{coord|60|7|3|N|150|37|48|W|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}
| built = 1902
| builder = Andrew Berg
| architecture =
| added = April 21, 2000
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 00000385{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
| designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
| designated_other1_date = April 10, 1972
| designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF
| designated_other1_abbr = AHRS
| designated_other1_number = KEN-00245
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
}}
The Andrew Berg Cabin near Soldotna, Alaska was built by fisherman and trapper Andrew Berg in 1902.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=00000385}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Andrew Berg Cabin / AHRS Site No. KEN-00245 |publisher=National Park Service|author=Rogan Faith |author2=Gary Titus |date=January 13, 2000 |accessdate=August 21, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=00000385|photos=y|title=accompanying photos, three from 1996 and one from 1905-45}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
It is located within what is now the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge about {{convert|30|mi|km}} southeast of Sodotna on the north shore of Tustumena Lake. It is a one-room, one-and-a-half-story single pen log cabin built of spruce logs, with sill logs laid on the ground. It is {{convert|17x17|ft|m}} in plan.
Andrew Berg built a total of 11 log cabins on the Kenai Peninsula. He built his first, which served as his home, in 1902 on Tustumena Lake. Berg used spruce logs to construct the home cabin, which measures 17 feet wide by 17 feet long.{{cite web|url=http://kenai.fws.gov/history/national-cabins/berg.htm |title=Andrew Berg Home Cabin |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |date=September 11, 2008 |accessdate=September 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905073027/http://kenai.fws.gov/history/national-cabins/berg.htm |archivedate=September 5, 2008 }} Also in the Refuge is Berg's last cabin, built in 1935, also on Tustumena Lake. In 2000 the cabin was disassembled and moved next to the Refuge's visitor center. The 1935 cabin is open to the public.{{cite web |url=http://www.iparenting.com/channels/news/index.php?newsid=5709 |title=History Finds a Home at National Wildlife Refuges |publisher=iParenting |accessdate=May 20, 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120832/http://www.iparenting.com/channels/news/index.php?newsid=5709|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Category:Houses completed in 1902
Category:1902 establishments in Alaska
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