![]() ![]() Army Coastal DefensesĪdak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely and Abercrombie Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Siteĭutch Harbor Naval Operating Base & Fort Mears, U.S. Since 1961, 49 cultural properties have been designated as National Historic Landmarks in Alaska.Ĭape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites All but five Alaska NHLs were designated between 50 and 20 years ago. NHLs are not distributed uniformly across Alaska Sitka has eight, for example. Other themes are represented by fewer or only one NHL. Alaska’s role in World War II is recognized with eight NHLs. ![]() Other European and American explorations as well as Territorial military activity form the subject matter of several related NHLs. The colonization of Alaska by the Russian-American Company, not incidentally leaving a legacy of Russian Orthodox churches, has been recognized in 13 NHLs including the Seal Island (Pribilof Islands) Historic District. Archaeological sites thousands of years old – evidence of early human migrations across the Bering Strait that populated North, Central, and South America, as well as those reflecting later prehistoric developments, form 13 NHLs. Since 1962, several historical themes have been identified as of sufficient national interest to warrant NHL designation for Alaskan properties. In Alaska there are 49 NHLs, including archaeological sites, buildings, and battlefields (Table 2). The Secretary of the Interior has recognized less than 2500 NHLs in the United States since the program was implemented in 1960 (Mackintosh 1985:39-42). Unlike eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places, which can be based on local or state significance as well as national significance, a NHL must have significance at the national level. The NHL program is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) to identify and preserve “the nation’s most significant historic places.buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States in history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture” (U.S. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the six World War II Aleut relocation camps in southeast Alaska qualify as a National Historic Landmark, or NHL.
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