McCarthy General Store | |
Location: | Southeastern corner of Kennicott Avenue and Skolai Street, McCarthy, Alaska |
Coordinates: | 61.4321°N -142.9238°W |
Added: | January 31, 1978 |
Refnum: | 78003421 |
Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 18, 1976 |
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Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
Designated Other1 Number: | XMC-030 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
The McCarthy General Store is a historic former general store and boarding house at Kennecott and Skolai Streets in the small community of McCarthy, Alaska, located in the heart of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. At two stories in height and measuring 47feetx56feetft (xft), it is McCarthy's largest building, and one of its oldest. It was built in 1914, during the mining boom at nearby Kennecott. The store occupied the ground floor of the building, and the upper level had eleven rooms for boarders. The building was abandoned after the mining boom ended in the 1930s,.[1]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.