National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
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Chatanika Gold Camp

Chatanika Gold Camp

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October 16, 1979
(#79003753)

Mile 27¾ on the Steese Highway
65°06′42″N 147°28′49″W﻿ / ﻿65.11161°N 147.48029°W﻿ / 65.11161; -147.48029﻿ (Chatanika Gold Camp)
Chatanika

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Chena Pump House

Chena Pump House

March 17, 1982
(#82004900)

796 Chena Pump Road
64°49′53″N 147°53′05″W﻿ / ﻿64.831389°N 147.884722°W﻿ / 64.831389; -147.884722﻿ (Chena Pump House)
Fairbanks

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Chugwater Site

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November 23, 1979
(#79003754)

On Moose Creek Bluff, 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Fairbanks[6]
64°41′30″N 147°13′05″W﻿ / ﻿64.6917°N 147.2181°W﻿ / 64.6917; -147.2181﻿ (Chugwater Site)
North Pole

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Old City Hall

Old City Hall

May 30, 2002
(#02000561)

410 Cushman Street
64°50′30″N 147°43′15″W﻿ / ﻿64.84179°N 147.72094°W﻿ / 64.84179; -147.72094﻿ (Old City Hall)
Fairbanks

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Clay Street Cemetery

Clay Street Cemetery

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October 25, 1982
(#82001619)

7th Avenue and Clay Street
64°50′30″N 147°42′27″W﻿ / ﻿64.84155°N 147.70746°W﻿ / 64.84155; -147.70746﻿ (Clay Street Cemetery)
Fairbanks

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Constitution Hall

Constitution Hall

November 3, 2005
(#05001196)

University of Alaska Fairbanks campus
64°51′27″N 147°49′19″W﻿ / ﻿64.85738°N 147.82184°W﻿ / 64.85738; -147.82184﻿ (Constitution Hall)
Fairbanks

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Mary Lee Davis House

Mary Lee Davis House

September 30, 1982
(#82004901)

410 Cowles Street
64°50′36″N 147°43′52″W﻿ / ﻿64.84325°N 147.73101°W﻿ / 64.84325; -147.73101﻿ (Mary Lee Davis House)
Fairbanks

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Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek

Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek

May 13, 1992
(#92000498)

Mile 16.5 on the Steese Highway
65°00′32″N 147°29′51″W﻿ / ﻿65.00891°N 147.49737°W﻿ / 65.00891; -147.49737﻿ (Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek)
Fairbanks

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Ester Camp Historic District

Ester Camp Historic District

May 6, 1987
(#87000703)

Off Alaska Route 3
64°50′48″N 148°01′10″W﻿ / ﻿64.84662°N 148.01943°W﻿ / 64.84662; -148.01943﻿ (Ester Camp Historic District)
Ester

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F.E. Company Housing

F.E. Company Housing

May 9, 1997
(#97000400)

505, 507, 521, and 523 Illinois Street
64°51′02″N 147°43′06″W﻿ / ﻿64.85068°N 147.71835°W﻿ / 64.85068; -147.71835﻿ (F.E. Company Housing)
Fairbanks

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F.E. Company Machine Shop

F.E. Company Machine Shop

October 12, 1995
(#95001164)

behind 612 Illinois Street
64°51′07″N 147°43′20″W﻿ / ﻿64.85195°N 147.72218°W﻿ / 64.85195; -147.72218﻿ (F.E. Company Machine Shop)
Fairbanks

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F.E. Company Manager's House

F.E. Company Manager's House

February 16, 1996
(#96000095)

757 Illinois Street
64°51′11″N 147°42′58″W﻿ / ﻿64.85292°N 147.71608°W﻿ / 64.85292; -147.71608﻿ (F.E. Company Manager's House)
Fairbanks

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F.E. Company Dredge No. 2

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June 30, 1999
(#99000763)

Fish Creek
65°02′35″N 147°05′37″W﻿ / ﻿65.04295°N 147.09353°W﻿ / 65.04295; -147.09353﻿ (F.E. Company Dredge No. 2)
Fairbanks

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F.E. Company Gold Dredge No. 5

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March 18, 2004
(#04000186)

Upper Dome Creek
65°01′47″N 147°34′35″W﻿ / ﻿65.0296°N 147.57637°W﻿ / 65.0296; -147.57637﻿ (F.E. Company Gold Dredge No. 5)
Fairbanks

Scrapped c. 2012.

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Federal Building

Federal Building

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August 2, 1978
(#78003422)

250 Cushman Street
64°50′35″N 147°43′17″W﻿ / ﻿64.84293°N 147.72145°W﻿ / 64.84293; -147.72145﻿ (Federal Building)
Fairbanks

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Goldstream Dredge No. 8

Goldstream Dredge No. 8

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February 28, 1984
(#84000637)

1755 Old Steese Highway North
64°56′14″N 147°39′28″W﻿ / ﻿64.93718°N 147.65766°W﻿ / 64.93718; -147.65766﻿ (Goldstream Dredge No. 8)
Fairbanks

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Harding Railroad Car

Harding Railroad Car

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April 6, 1978
(#78003423)

Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
64°50′17″N 147°46′20″W﻿ / ﻿64.83807°N 147.77223°W﻿ / 64.83807; -147.77223﻿ (Harding Railroad Car)
Fairbanks

Pullman passenger-observation car Denali (Alaska Railroad No. X-336)

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Hinckley-Creamer Dairy

Hinckley-Creamer Dairy

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April 13, 1977
(#77001572)

At end of Creamer Lane, in Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
64°51′51″N 147°44′16″W﻿ / ﻿64.86418°N 147.73766°W﻿ / 64.86418; -147.73766﻿ (Hinckley-Creamer Dairy)
Fairbanks

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Illinois Street Historic District

Illinois Street Historic District

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September 14, 2001
(#01000966)

300-700 Illinois Street
64°50′59″N 147°43′12″W﻿ / ﻿64.8496°N 147.71987°W﻿ / 64.8496; -147.71987﻿ (Illinois Street Historic District)
Fairbanks

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Immaculate Conception Church

Immaculate Conception Church

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April 3, 1976
(#76002278)

115 North Cushman Street
64°50′43″N 147°43′18″W﻿ / ﻿64.84526°N 147.72173°W﻿ / 64.84526; -147.72173﻿ (Immaculate Conception Church)
Fairbanks

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The Chatanika Gold Camp is a historic gold mining camp at Mile 27¾ of the Steese Highway in Chatanika , Alaska . The camp is set on about 49 acres ( 20 ha ) overlooking Cleary Creek , and consists of thirteen buildings as well as a scattering of old mining tools and equipment . The largest of the buildings are two bunkhouses , finished in corrugated metal . The camp was built in 1925 by the Fairbanks Exploration Company ( FEC ) , which also dug the nearby Davidson Ditch to supply water for the operation of the gold dredges . The Chatanika Camp was the largest of the FEC 's mining camps in the Fairbanks area . Five of the surviving buildings date to the initial construction period . The camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 .
The Steese Highway ( known as the Steese Expressway within Fairbanks ) is a highway in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 161 miles ( 259 km ) from Fairbanks to Circle , a town on the Yukon River about 50 miles ( 80 km ) south of the Arctic Circle . The highway was completed in 1927 and is named for U.S. Army General James G. Steese , a former president of the Alaska Road Commission . It is paved for about the first 81 miles ( 130 km ) and around the town of Central it turns to dirt and gravel . Much of it is narrow and winding .
Chatanika is a small unincorporated community located in the Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , United States , north-northeast of the city of Fairbanks . The community runs along an approximately 20-mile ( 32 km ) stretch of the Steese Highway , the majority of which sees the highway paralleled by the Chatanika River . The community consists of sparsely scattered residential subdivisions , several roadside businesses , a boat launch where the Steese Highway crosses the Chatanika River , relics of past gold mining operations in the area and the Poker Flat Research Range operated by the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks . Chatanika was one of over a dozen small communities in the vicinity of Fairbanks whose prosperity was tied to gold mining during the Fairbanks Gold Rush . Chatanika , as the northern terminus of the narrow-gauge Tanana Valley Railroad , also owed much of its early prosperity to railroad operations , which were closely tied to the mining activity . Chatanika , along with Fox , are the only two of the numerous communities in the hills immediately north of Fairbanks which has managed to remain populated and maintain a distinct community identity .
The Chena Pump House , also known just as the Pump House Restaurant , is a restaurant at 796 Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks , Alaska . The restaurant is located in the shell of a 1933 pumping station established by the Fairbanks Exploration Company , Alaska 's largest gold mining operator at the time . The pump house was used to provide water to dredges operating on Cripple Creek in the Ester area . The building was abandoned by the company in 1958 , and was enlarged and converted into a restaurant in 1978 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 .
Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska . Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska . 2018 estimates put the population of the city proper at 31,516 , and the population of the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 97,121 , making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Alaska ( after Anchorage ) . The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States , located 196 driving miles ( or 140 air miles ) south of the Arctic Circle . Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks , the founding campus of the University of Alaska system .
The Chugwater Site is a prehistoric archaeological site on the banks of the Tanana River near Moose Creek , Alaska . The site covers more than 40 acres ( 16 ha ) on a bluff overlooking the river , and consists of widely scattered stone toolmaking debris , interspersed with other artifacts . The area was extensively sampled in 1982-83 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , identifying a variety of stone tools and types of stone used in their manufacture . A more extensive excavation of the site took place in 1984 , exposing a number of larger stone tools and projectile heads , as well as microblades , which are usually attached to bone or wood handles . One projectile point found is of a style similar to those found at another Alaska site which has been dated back 10,000 years . The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 .
North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , United States . It is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area . As of the 2010 United States Census , the city had a population of 2,117 , up from 1,570 in 2000 . Despite its name , the city is about 1,700 miles ( 2,700 km ) south of Earth 's geographic North Pole and 125 miles ( 200 km ) south of the Arctic Circle .
The Old City Hall , now the Fairbanks Distilling Company , is a historic civic building at 410 Cushman Street in Fairbanks , Alaska . It is a two-story Art Deco structure , built out of reinforced concrete in 1935 as a fireproof alternative to the city 's previous city hall . The building is roughly T-shaped , with quoining patterns incised in the corners and bands of decoration on a parapet level . The building was originally built to house city offices as well as police and fire stations ; the entrances to the fire equipment bays on Cushman Street have been filled in with wood framing and siding . The building was enlarged by extensions to the rear twice , once before 1950 , and once after the 1967 floods . The city moved its offices to the adjacent Main School in 1994 ; the building then housed the Fairbanks Community Museum until it was acquired by Fairbanks Distilling Company in July 2014 . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 .
Clay Street Cemetery is a cemetery located in Fairbanks , Alaska that is on the National Register of Historic Places . It was established in 1903 and contains the remains of many of Fairbanks ' founders , including Mary Pedro , wife of Felix Pedro , the miner who discovered the gold that led to the city 's founding .
Constitution Hall ( also known as Convention Hall , Alaska Constitution Hall and the Student Union Building ) houses the student center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks , Alaska . Completed in 1955 , the building was the site that year of the meeting at which the Alaska State Constitution was drafted , a milestone in the territory 's drive for statehood . It is a reinforced concrete structure two stories high . The building currently houses a bookstore , barbershop , alumni association offices , and the studios of the student radio station KSUA . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 .
The University of Alaska Fairbanks ( UAF or Alaska ) is a public research university in College , Alaska . It is a flagship campus of the University of Alaska system and a land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant institution . UAF was established in 1917 and opened for classes in 1922 . Originally named the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines , it became the University of Alaska in 1935 . Fairbanks-based programs became the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1975 . UAF is home to several major research units , including the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station ; the Geophysical Institute , which operates the Poker Flat Research Range and several other scientific centers ; the Alaska Center for Energy and Power ; the International Arctic Research Center ; the Institute of Arctic Biology ; the Institute of Marine Science ; and the Institute of Northern Engineering . Located just 200 miles ( 320 km ) south of the Arctic Circle , the Fairbanks campus ' unique location favors Arctic and northern research . UAF 's research specialties are renowned worldwide , most notably Arctic biology , Arctic engineering , geophysics , supercomputing and Alaska Native studies . The University of Alaska Museum of the North is also on the Fairbanks campus . In addition to the Fairbanks campus , UAF encompasses six rural and urban campuses : Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham ; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue ; the Fairbanks-based Interior Alaska Campus , which serves the state 's rural Interior ; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel ; Northwest Campus in Nome ; and the UAF Community and Technical College , with headquarters in downtown Fairbanks . UAF is also the home of eLearning and Distance Education , an independent learning and distance delivery program . In fall 2017 , UAF enrolled 8,720 students .
The Mary Lee Davis House is a historic house at 410 Cowles Street in Fairbanks , Alaska . It is now the Alaska Heritage House , a bed and breakfast inn . It is a 1-1/2 story bungalow-style house , set at the northern corner of Cowles and 5th Avenue in a residential area of the city . The exact construction date of the house is uncertain : it was probably complete by 1916 , but construction may have begun as early as 1906 ; it is acknowledged as the city 's oldest occupied residence . The unfinished house was purchased by writer Mary Lee Davis and her husband , who finished the building and added a number of its distinctive touches , including the city 's first residential coal heating system . After a period of ownership by the Fairbanks Exploration Company , during which it was home to company executives , it went through a succession of owners before being converted to a bed and breakfast . The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 .
The Discovery Claim on Pedro Creek is a historic gold mining site in central Alaska . It is located at mile 16.5 of the Steese Highway , northeast of Fairbanks . It is a 19-acre ( 7.7 ha ) site on what is now called Pedro Creek , that was where Felix Pedro made the first major discovery of gold in the area on July 22 , 1902 . His discovery drew large numbers of gold prospectors to the area , and led to the establishment of Fairbanks as a major community in Alaska . Most of the claim site is located south of the highway , which crosses one corner . There is a commemorative marker placed at the side of the highway in 1952 . The claim is now owned by the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo # 4 ; there is no substantial evidence of the mining activities that took place there . The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 .
Ester is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , United States . It is part of the Fairbanks , Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population in the CDP was 2,422 at the 2010 census , although there are only about a dozen homes in the village itself . The Ester Camp Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Ester was founded as a gold mining camp in the early 1900s , and the economy has focused on mining and services for miners . The Ester Community Association was founded in 1941 , and continues to work for the welfare of the community , e.g . establishing and maintaining the Ester Community Park and sponsoring an annual Fourth of July parade . There are several small businesses in Ester , including two saloons , a publishing house , a jewelry maker , hand crafted soap maker , and local artisans . The Ester Volunteer Fire Department , John Trigg Ester Library , Ester Historic Society , and Ester Post Office serve residents in Ester and surrounding areas . There is also a convenience store and secular chapel on the outskirts of the village . Many artists , writers , and musicians reside in Ester , and the local art and music scene has thrived for many years .
The George Parks Highway ( numbered Interstate A-4 and signed Alaska Route 3 ) , usually called simply the Parks Highway , runs 323 miles ( 520 km ) from the Glenn Highway 35 miles ( 56 km ) north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaska Interior . The highway , originally known as the Anchorage-Fairbanks Highway , was completed in 1971 , and given its current name in 1975 .
Ester is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , United States . It is part of the Fairbanks , Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population in the CDP was 2,422 at the 2010 census , although there are only about a dozen homes in the village itself . The Ester Camp Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Ester was founded as a gold mining camp in the early 1900s , and the economy has focused on mining and services for miners . The Ester Community Association was founded in 1941 , and continues to work for the welfare of the community , e.g . establishing and maintaining the Ester Community Park and sponsoring an annual Fourth of July parade . There are several small businesses in Ester , including two saloons , a publishing house , a jewelry maker , hand crafted soap maker , and local artisans . The Ester Volunteer Fire Department , John Trigg Ester Library , Ester Historic Society , and Ester Post Office serve residents in Ester and surrounding areas . There is also a convenience store and secular chapel on the outskirts of the village . Many artists , writers , and musicians reside in Ester , and the local art and music scene has thrived for many years .
The Fairbanks Exploration Company was the major economic force in the growth of Fairbanks , Alaska during its gold rush years in the early 20th century . In the 1920s the company built a number of housing units for its workers . A cluster of at least eight of these is known to have survived on the east side of Illinois Street , of which four have retained historical integrity . Located at 505 , 507 , 521 , and 523 Illinois Street , they are all similarly-built Bungalow-style wood frame buildings , 1-1/2 stories in height , with a hip roof and projecting hipped wings . The complex includes a five-stall garage which served all four houses , as well as two greenhouses . At the time of their listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 , this group of houses was being rehabilitated for use as a bed and breakfast inn .
The Fairbanks Exploration Company Machine Shop is a historic machine shop in Fairbanks , Alaska , United States . Located behind the Fairbanks Exploration Company ( F.E . Company ) administration building at 612 Illinois Street , it is a large single-story steel-frame structure , built in 1927 to serve the company 's nearby gold mining operations . Its easternmost section is 16 feet ( 4.9 m ) high , while that on the west is 20 feet ( 6.1 m ) high , in order to accommodate belt-driven equipment and cranes . A tall double door at the center of the east facade is the main entrance . The front of the building housed large belt-driven lathes , while the center had a welding shop , drill presses , and a tool room . A blacksmithy in the back had a sand floor . The building was used by the F.E . Company between 1927 and 1964 . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 .
The Fairbanks Exploration Company Manager 's House , also known as The White House and the Sisters ' Convent , is a historic house at 757 Illinois Street in Fairbanks , Alaska . It is a three-story wood frame structure , five bays wide , with a side gable roof , clapboard siding , and a post-and-beam foundation . An ell extends from the center of the rear . The house was built in 1935-36 by the Fairbanks Exploration Company to house its local vice president and general manager . It is the first Colonial Revival house built in Fairbanks , and is one of the state 's finest examples of the style . The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 .
The Fairbanks Exploration Company Dredge No . 2 is a historic gold mining dredge in a remote area of Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , northeast of the city of Fairbanks . It is currently located on the north bank of Fish Creek , shortly northeast of the mouth of Slippery Creek . Its main structure is a compartmented steel hull , 128 feet ( 39 m ) long , 60 feet ( 18 m ) wide , and 12 feet ( 3.7 m ) high , with a 1-2 story superstructure above made of steel and wood framing sheathed in corrugated metal . It has three gantries , and a digging ladder 112 feet ( 34 m ) long at its bow that weights 178,000 pounds ( 81,000 kg ) . All of its original operating equipment was reported to be in place in 1999 . The dredge was built in 1927 by the Bethlehem Steel Company , and assembled for use in Alaska in 1928 . It was operated by the Fairbanks Exploration Company in the Goldstream Valley from 1928 to 1949 , and on Fairbanks Creek and lower Fish Creek from 1950 to 1961 .
The Fairbanks Exploration Company Gold Dredge No . 5 was a historic gold mining dredge in a remote area of Fairbanks North Star Borough , Alaska , north of the city of Fairbanks . It was last located on Upper Dome Creek , shortly northeast of the mouth of Seattle Creek , about 20 miles ( 32 km ) north of Fairbanks , prior to its being scrapped c. 2012 . The dredge was manufactured by the Bethlehem Steel Company in 1928 , shipped in pieces to Alaska , and assembled by the Fairbanks Exploration Company on Cleary Creek , where it was used until 1942 . It thereafter served on Eldorado Creek ( 1947-55 ) and Dome Creek ( 1955-59 ) before it was abandoned . The dredge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 .
The Old Federal Building is a historic government building at Cushman Street and 3rd Avenue in Fairbanks , Alaska . When it was built in 1933 , it was the most northern instance of concrete construction in the United States . It is a large building with three full-height floors and two smaller penthouse levels . The building 's Art Deco styling includes V-shaped grooves set in pilasters that separate columns of windows and aluminum panels . The grooves are repeated in concrete spandrels above the top row of windows . Interior decoration includes terrazzo flooring , copious use of marble in walls and floors , and a pressed copper ceiling in the courtroom . The building was designed by Washington , DC architect George N. Ray , and built by William Mac MacDonald , who also later built the Federal Building in Nome . It originally housed the federal court , post office , and other federal government offices , and the decision to locate it in Fairbanks was critical to the rise of the city 's importance ; it now houses private offices . The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Goldstream Dredge No . 8 is a ladder dredge operated by the Fairbanks Exploration Company from 1928 to 1959 . It is located on the old Steese Highway between Fairbanks and Fox in the central part of Alaska . Starting in the 1920s , water was brought to the area through the 90-mile ( 145 km ) Davidson Ditch for gold mining . The Goldstream Dredge No . 8 cut a 4.5-mile ( 7.2 km ) track and produced 7.5 million ounces of gold . The dredge was named a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1986 . In 1984 , it was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places . Today , it is open to the public . During summer months , tours of the dredge and gold panning are available for a small fee .
The Harding Railroad Car is a historically significant Pullman railroad passenger car located at Pioneer Park ( aka Alaskaland ) in Fairbanks , Alaska . Also called Denali , and designated with equipment number X-336 by the Alaska Railroad , the car was one of three used to carry a delegation that included President Warren G. Harding in 1923 to the Mears Memorial Bridge for a ceremony marking completion of the railroad between Fairbanks and Seward . The car was purchased by the Alaska Railroad in 1923 from the Great Northern Railroad , and was used in its service until 1945 . At the urging of the Fairbanks igloo ( chapter ) of the Pioneers of Alaska , the car was restored in 1959-60 and given to the city of Fairbanks . It was placed in Alaskaland in 1967 , created to mark the centennial of the Alaska Purchase . It was used for some years as the park 's visitor center . The car was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 . Another car , The Superb , carried Harding 's remains after he died in San Francisco .
Pioneer Park is a 44-acre ( 109-ha ) city park in Fairbanks , Alaska , United States run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation . The park commemorates early Alaskan history with multiple museums and historic displays on site . The park is located along the Chena River and is accessible from Peger and Airport Roads . A waterfront path connects the park to the Carlson Center , Growden Memorial Park and downtown Fairbanks . There is no admission fee to enter the park , though many of the museums and attractions do charge an entrance fee . Concessions are open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day , though the park is open year round and some events are held in the off-season . Free wi-fi is available .
Creamer 's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is a 2,200 acre ( 7.3 km² ) bird sanctuary , located within the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and partially within the city limits of Fairbanks . It consists of wetlands , fields , and forests . The refuge surrounds the former farm of Charles Hinckley and later Charles Albert Creamer ( 1889-1974 ) , a former chicken rancher from Washington state who moved to Fairbanks . Creamer saved waste grains from his barn to feed migrating birds . After Creamer 's death , preservationists banded together to make the area a state refuge . The Creamer farmstead now serves as a visitor center and environmental education center , with the non-profit Friends of Creamer 's Field presenting programs year-round . In the summer visitors can take a guided nature walk on the refuge trails . The refuge is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week . It is a multi-use refuge , and limited hunting is also allowed in certain seasons . In winter dog mushing trails criss cross the back of the acreage , while skijorers have trails in the front fields . Among the birds that flock to the refuge in late summer during migration south are Sandhill Cranes , Many ducks and Canada geese .
Creamer 's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is a 2,200 acre ( 7.3 km² ) bird sanctuary , located within the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and partially within the city limits of Fairbanks . It consists of wetlands , fields , and forests . The refuge surrounds the former farm of Charles Hinckley and later Charles Albert Creamer ( 1889-1974 ) , a former chicken rancher from Washington state who moved to Fairbanks . Creamer saved waste grains from his barn to feed migrating birds . After Creamer 's death , preservationists banded together to make the area a state refuge . The Creamer farmstead now serves as a visitor center and environmental education center , with the non-profit Friends of Creamer 's Field presenting programs year-round . In the summer visitors can take a guided nature walk on the refuge trails . The refuge is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week . It is a multi-use refuge , and limited hunting is also allowed in certain seasons . In winter dog mushing trails criss cross the back of the acreage , while skijorers have trails in the front fields . Among the birds that flock to the refuge in late summer during migration south are Sandhill Cranes , Many ducks and Canada geese .
The Illinois Street Historic District encompasses the principal business and residential area of the Fairbanks Exploration Company in Fairbanks , Alaska . It extends along Illinois Street from Slater Street to Noyes Slough , including a series of residential properties on the east side of the road , and the surviving buildings of the F.E . Company complex on the west side . The F.E . Company was a dominating economic force in interior Alaska during the second quarter of the 20th century , and its operations were managed and organized from this area . Included in the district are eight houses , including the Colonial Revival Manager 's House and a group of 4 bungalows built by the company for its employees . The company also acquired and refurbished the 1911 home of Fred Noyes , for whom Noyes Slough is named . Of the company 's once-extensive industrial complex on the west side of Illinois Street , only the administration building ( 612 Illinois Street ) and the machine shop ( behind the administration building and across the railroad tracks ) survive . A portion of Illinois Street , which follows the original alignment of a dirt track through the area , is also included in the district . The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 .
The Immaculate Conception Church is a historic church and former cathedral at 115 N. Cushman Street in Fairbanks , Alaska , United States . Built in 1904 , it was the first Roman Catholic Church erected in Alaska 's interior . The church was originally located on Dunkel Street , but in the winter of 1911-12 , the church was moved across the Chena River to its present location so that it would be closer to St. Joseph 's Hospital , which closed in the 1960s . After the move , the basement of rough frame structure was enlarged to provide a parish hall , it was wired for electricity , and a parish house was built adjacent . The steeple and vestibule were added in 1914 , the roof was raised , and the choir gallery added . Its stained glass windows were added in 1926-28 . The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 .