The Teller Mission Orphanage was a historic orphanage and mission house located at the corner of Post Officer Road and Tuksuk Street in Brevig Mission, Alaska. This small community was established in 1891 as a station for the importation of reindeer from Siberia to supplement the diet of the local Alaska Native population. The reindeer station was taken over in 1900 by the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church, which also undertook to operate a school and orphanage at the site. The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame building was built in 1917, replacing the original orphanage built in 1907 by Rev. Toleef Larson Brevig, for whom the community is named. It was about 28 by 54 feet (8.5 m × 16.5 m), with a gable roof, weatherboard siding, and a metal roof. At the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, it had been standing vacant for about 20 years.[2] The building is no longer standing as of September 2015.[a]
Teller Mission Orphanage | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | Corner of Post Officer Road and Tuksuk Street, Brevig Mission, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 65°19′57″N 166°29′10″W / 65.33237°N 166.48611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1917 |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001117[1] |
| AHRS No. | TEL-00037 |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 2001 |
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Teller Mission Orphanage". National Park Service. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Aerial view of Brevig Mission". Spoiled by Supercub. September 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Brevig Mission Local Economic Development Plan" (PDF). January 9, 2014. p. 18. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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