St. Sergius Chapel
Historic church in Alaska, United States
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The St. Sergius Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Chuathbaluk, Alaska, United States, in the Bethel Census Area. Now it is under the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America.[2]
St. Sergius Chapel | |
1990 HABS photo | |
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| Location | In Chuathbaluk, Chuathbaluk, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 61°34′18″N 159°14′38″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1891 |
| MPS | Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004585[1] |
| AHRS No. | RUS-015 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 6, 1980 |
| Designated AHRS | May 18, 1973 |
Traditionally, the church is believed to have been built in 1891 by Father Ivan Orlov. The wood-frame structure has three major elements. At the western end is a gable-roof vestibule section with a small onion dome on top, and a similarly sized matching section at the eastern end. The central section is a larger, roughly square structure, topped by a hip roof with a larger onion dome.[3][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
