Bettles Lodge Explained

Bettles Lodge
Location:1 Airline Drive, Bettles Field, Bettles, Alaska
Coordinates:66.9181°N -151.5184°W
Built:1951
Builder:Killen, Warren; Evans, Wilfred
Added:May 8, 1997
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:97000401
Designated Other1:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Name:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. A8EDEF
Designated Other1 Abbr:AHRS
Designated Other1 Number:BET-100
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

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: 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 25miles north of the Arctic Circle,[1] just south of the Brooks Range.

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=97000401}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bettles Lodge / AHRS Site No. BET-100 ]. Dan and Lynda Klaes . February 18, 1997 . National Park Service. and