McCarthy General Store | |
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| Location | Southeastern corner of Kennicott Avenue and Skolai Street,McCarthy, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 61°25′55″N142°55′26″W / 61.43206°N 142.92381°W /61.43206; -142.92381 |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1914 (1914) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003421[1] |
| AHRS No. | XMC-030 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1978 |
| Designated AHRS | December 18, 1976 |
TheMcCarthy General Store is a historic formergeneral store and boarding house at Kennecott and Skolai Streets in the small community ofMcCarthy, Alaska, located in the heart ofWrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. At two stories in height and measuring 47 by 56 feet (14 m × 17 m), it is McCarthy's largest building, and one of its oldest. It was built in 1914, during the mining boom at nearbyKennecott. The store occupied the ground floor of the building, and the upper level had eleven rooms for boarders. The building was abandoned after the mining boom ended in the 1930s,.[2]
The building was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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