Storehouse No. 4, also known as the Eagle Point Storehouse, is an historic storehouse located on International Street in

Hyder, Alaska Hyder is a census-designated place in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 87 at the 2010 census, down from 97 in 2000. Hyder is accessible by road only from Stewart, British Columbia, is popular with moto ...

. It was built in 1896 under supervision of engineer

David du Bose Gaillard David du Bose Gaillard (September 4, 1859 – December 5, 1913) was a U.S. Army engineer instrumental in the construction of the Panama Canal. During the years of the US Canal Zone (c. 1915–2000), the Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal bore his ...

. It 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 1976. Its interior dimensions are and its walls are 12 to 18 inches thick; along with three similar other storehouses it served the

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(a fjord, not truly a canal). It is one of the first masonry structures to be built in Alaska. The reason for its construction is uncertain from period documents, but it appears to have been related to the

Alaska boundary dispute The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which then controlled Canada's foreign relations. It was resolved by arbitration in 1903. The dispute had existed ...

with

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. This dispute was resolved by arbitration in 1903, resulting in the transfer in 1906 of the territories containing two of the other three storehouses to Canada. and

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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Commercial buildings completed in 1896 Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska {{Alaska-NRHP-stub

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