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The Discovery Saloon is a historic building at 1st and D Streets in
Nome, Alaska Nome (; ik, Sitŋasuaq, ) is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of Alaska, United States. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 recorded ...
. Now a private residence, this two-story wood-frame building with false front was built in 1901 by Max Gordon, who operated a high-end public establishment on the premises. It is the oldest commercial building in Nome, and one of the few to survive from Nome's gold rush days. It was converted to one of Nome's finest private residences in the 1940s. The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Nome Census Area, Alaska __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nome Census Area, Alaska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nome Census Area, Alas ...


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1901 establishments in Alaska Houses completed in 1901 Buildings and structures in Nome Census Area, Alaska Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Drinking establishments in Alaska Houses in Unorganized Borough, Alaska Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nome Census Area, Alaska Nome, Alaska {{NomeAK-geo-stub