Cape Nome Roadhouse | |
 Cape Nome Roadhouse, from theHistoric American Buildings Survey. | |
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| Location | Mile 14 ofNome-Council Highway |
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| Nearest city | Nome, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 64°26′33″N164°58′38″W / 64.44261°N 164.97721°W /64.44261; -164.97721 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1901 (1901) |
| Architectural style | New England salt box |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000361[1] |
| AHRS No. | SOL-069 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
| Designated AHRS | March 1972 |
TheCape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on theIditarod Trail. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to theNome area during theNome Gold Rush, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typicalNew Englandsaltbox house, although its main entrance is on what would normally be considered the side of such a building. Its oldest portion is a log structure, which was expanded with lumber wood framing, and the whole building is now covered with clapboard siding. It is the only structure surviving from the route of a 650-mile (1,050 km)delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 achieved by a relay of dogsled teams. The roadhouse declined with the advent of aviation to the area, and was used as an orphanage, a military communications facility duringWorld War II, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.[2]
The roadhouse was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
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