| St. Nicholas Church | |
| Location: | In Nikolski, Nikolski, Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 52.9383°N -168.8617°W |
| Built: | 1930 |
| Added: | June 6, 1980 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 80000740 |
| Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
| Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
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| Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
| Designated Other1 Date: | May 18, 1973 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | SAM-022 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
St. Nicholas Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Nikolski, Alaska, which is located at the southern end of Umnak Island. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[1]
The current church was built in 1930, and is believed to be the fourth church on the island: the first was built and was burned within the 1800s, the second was burned in 1898, the third was built in 1898-1900 a few miles away then moved to the current church location in about 1918, and was replaced in 1930. The church has a customary three-element design (altar section, nave, and vestibule section), with addition of a nearly independent bell tower. Its nave is larger and taller than usual among the Russian Orthodox churches of Alaska, and it has "simple detailing [which] coupled with small, economically severe, windows, suggests an almost Shaker design influence," according to a 1979 evaluation.[2] [3]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.