Woodchopper Roadhouse

The Woodchopper Roadhouse, on the Yukon River, is a historic establishment that was built in approximately 1910. It is located in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.[2] It served as a hotel and as a post office. Its log building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

Woodchopper Roadhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	About 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Woodchopper Creek
Nearest city	Circle, Alaska
Coordinates	65°21′22″N 143°18′17″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1910
MPS	Yukon River Lifeways TR
NRHP reference No.	87001201[1]
Added to NRHP	July 20, 1987

The two-story approximately 23-by-32-foot (7.0 m × 9.8 m) building is built from approximately 10-inch (250 mm) logs, peeled but not hewn. It is "the largest and oldest log structure on the Yukon between Eagle and Circle", and in fact is located halfway between, so it has served as a stopover point. For example, the Biedermmans of Ed Biederman Fish Camp used it as a stopover for dog sledding the mail up and down the frozen Yukon River. The site was also a steamboat stop, in the summer.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. https://www.nps.gov/yuch/learn/historyculture/woodchopper-roadhouse.htm
3. Randall Skeirik (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodchopper Roadhouse". National Park Service. and accompanying six photos, historic and from 1984-85