The Chicken Historic District encompasses part of the historic mining district of

Chicken, Alaska Chicken is a tiny unincorporated village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 12 at the time of the 2020 census, up fr ...

. It is located at milepost 66.5 on the north side of the

Taylor Highway The Taylor Highway (numbered Alaska Route 5) is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 160 miles (258 km) from Tetlin Junction, about 11 miles (17 km) east of Tok on the Alaska Highway, to Eagle. Route description The firs ...

, and includes fifteen buildings built between 1908 and 1967. Most of these are single-story wood-frame structures, with either metal or board-and-batten siding, although there are also some log structures. Many of these buildings were erected by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, which ran the gold mining operations in the area. Notable buildings include the bunkhouse, a gabled log structure, and the Chicken Creek Roadhouse, built in 1906, which was originally two stories in height but was reduced to a single story in 1924. The district also includes a section of water pipeline built by the company to bring water to the area from Mosquito Creek, a distance of about . The camp was used until the company ended mining operations in 1967. The district was listed on the

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in 2001.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1908 Gold mining in Alaska Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska National Register of Historic Places in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska 1908 establishments in Alaska {{Mining-stub

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