Bettles Lodge, located a few miles from
Bettles, Alaska on the south bank of the
Koyukuk River in the
Brooks Range, was built in 1951 by Warren Killen and Wilfred Evans. It has served as a hotel and restaurant and was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The listing included two
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
: a first lodge built in 1948 and a second built in 1951. The lodge buildings are significant because it is the oldest (and first) in the community, and it served as an air transportation hub for the northern interior area of Alaska.
[
It is about north of the ]Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at w ...
,[ and ] just south of the Brooks Range.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
References
External References
Bettles Lodge website
{{National Register of Historic Places
Buildings and structures completed in 1951
Buildings and structures in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska