Cape Nome Roadhouse
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Cape Nome Roadhouse
| nrhp_type =
| image = Cape Nome Roadhouse.jpg
| caption = Cape Nome Roadhouse, from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
| location = Mile 14 of Nome-Council Highway
| nearest_city = Nome, Alaska
| coordinates = {{coord|64.44261|-164.97721|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}
| locmapin = Alaska
| built = {{Start date|1901}}
| architecture = New England salt box
| added = December 12, 1976
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 76000361{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
| designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
| designated_other1_date = March 1972
| designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF
| designated_other1_abbr = AHRS
| designated_other1_number = SOL-069
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
}}
The Cape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on the Iditarod Trail. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to the Nome area during the Nome Gold Rush, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typical New England saltbox house, 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 {{convert|650|mi|km|adj=on}} 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, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76000361}}|title=NRHP nomination for Cape Nome Roadhouse|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-02-11}}
The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
See also
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External links
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- [http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol2/Iditarod/Quad_Files/Solomon/Solomon%20B-6/SOL-069%20Cape%20Nome%20Roadhouse/INHT%20Trail%20Inventory.pdf Cape Nome Roadhouse/INHT Trail Inventory]
- [http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol2/Iditarod/Quad_Files/Solomon/Solomon%20B-6/SOL-069%20Cape%20Nome%20Roadhouse/Statement%20of%20Significance.pdf Cape Nome Roadhouse – Statement of Significance]
- [https://archive.today/20130415023538/http://www.hpdb.org/49805 Cape Nome Roadhouse]
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-5-M, "[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0025/ Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Cape Nome Roadhouse]"
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:1900 establishments in Alaska
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1900
Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska
Category:Retail buildings in Alaska
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