| Rainey-Skarland Cabin | |
| Location: | University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, College, Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 64.8589°N -147.8317°W |
| Builder: | T.S. Batchelder; Froelich Rainey |
| Architecture: | log cabin |
| Added: | November 20, 1975 |
| Refnum: | 75002158 |
| Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
| Designated Other1 Color: |
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| Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
| Designated Other1 Number: | FAI-084 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Rainey-Skarland Cabin, also known as Rainey's Cabin, Skarland's Cabin and Ivar's Cabin, is a historic log cabin on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in College, Alaska.[1] A single-story three-room log structure with massive stone fireplace on one gable end, it is used today as extended lodging for a permanent or visiting anthropology faculty member or student.[1]
The cabin was built in 1936 on a ridge overlooking the school for Froelich Rainey, the first professor of the university's Anthropology Department. During his tenure the cabin played a significant role as a social center of the university, hosting a number of pioneering archaeologists and anthropologists, including J. Louis Giddings and Frederica de Laguna. When Rainey left in 1942 the university bought the cabin to use as faculty housing.[1]
Beginning in the late 1940s it was occupied by a successor as department chairman, former student Ivar Skarland, who continued Rainey's social practices.[2]
Upon Skarland's sudden death in 1965, university students requested that the cabin, ski trails, and a residence hall be named in his memory, resulting in the Rainey-Skarland Cabin. Today, a permanent or visiting anthropology faculty member or student lives there.[1]
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2] A major 1982 renovation was highlighted by roof replacement, insulation, and installation of an alarm system.[1]