KENI Radio Building explained

KENI Radio Building
Location:1777 Forest Park Drive, Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates:61.2053°N -149.9253°W
Area:less than 1 acre
Built:1948
Architect:Augustine A. Porreca
Builder:Al Swalling
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:April 18, 1988
Refnum:88000380
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:ANC-361
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

The KENI Radio Building is an Art Moderne building in Anchorage, Alaska, designed by architect Augustine A. Porreca and completed in 1948. The building housed KENI AM, the second radio station in Anchorage.

The reinforced concrete two-story building was owned by Cap Lathrop, who had worked with Porreca on Lathrop's Fourth Avenue Theatre. Besides radio station facilities, the building also housed three apartments.[1]

The building was purchased by Gregory Carr in the late 1990s, after the radio station moved to the Dimond Center, and converted into a private residence.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hoagland, Alison K.. Buildings of Alaska. registration. Oxford University Press. New York. 1993. 102. Anchorage. 0-19-509380-1.