St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Kwethluk, Alaska)

The St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church near Kwethluk, Alaska, United States, on the Lower Kuskokwim River. In 2017 it is part of the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Lower Kuskokwim River, Kwethluk, Alaska
Coordinates	60°48′43″N 161°26′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	91000385[1]
AHRS No.	BTH-001
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1991

It is a wood-frame structure, resting on a log foundation, and is completely built out of cedar. It is rectangular in plan, with a gable roof which sported two small onion domes with crosses, but these were blown off by high winds and stored. The western side of the building has the vestibule area, above which rises a modest square belltower. It was built in 1935 as a replacement for an earlier church that was built around 1900, and is the oldest structure standing in the Kwethluk area. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1][3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bethel Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "St. Nicholas Church, Kwethluk, Alaska". Orthodox Church of America. Retrieved December 19, 2017. With photo.
3. Joan M. Antonson and Donna Lane (April 13, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church / AHRS Site No. BTH-001". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1987