St. Nicholas Chapel (Seldovia, Alaska)

LocationChurch Street, Seldovia, Alaska

Coordinates59°26′22″N 151°42′59″W / 59.43944°N 151.71639°W / 59.43944; -151.71639

Arealess than one acre

MPSRussian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR

St. Nicholas Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Church Street, Seldovia, Alaska
Coordinates	59°26′22″N 151°42′59″W / 59.43944°N 151.71639°W / 59.43944; -151.71639
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	80004588[1]
AHRS No.	SEL-023
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated AHRS	May 18, 1973

St. Nicholas Chapel (Russian: Церковь Николая Чудотворца), commonly known as Russian Orthodox Church, is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Seldovia, Alaska, United States. The church was most likely built in 1891 and replaced a log church. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America^[2]

The church's design features a bell tower with an octagonal, partly open belfry; the tower is topped by a tall cross. The church has a gable roof with a four-sided cupola in the middle, which is topped by another cross.^[3][4]

The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]