Sitka Blockhouse - Bureau of Land Management
The BLM manages the Sitka Blockhouse, a n early 1960's replica of a Russian fortification around the town of Sitka, which was once the capital of Russian America. The structure was part of a defensive stockade built around Sitka in the early 1800s.
Sitka Blockhouse - U.S. National Park Service
Apr 5, 2024 · The current Sitka Blockhouse is an early 1960's replica of the Russian fortification around the town of Sitka. The structure was part of a defensive stockade built around Sitka in the early 1800s.
Russian Block House - ALASKA.ORG
This stout structure is a re-creation of the guard tower that once stood here, part of the fortress enclosing the Russians during their time in Sitka, from 1804 to 1867. Fearful of the wilderness around them, and of Tlingit Natives, the Russians’ enclosed fort was open to …
Historic Point of Interest in Sitka, Alaska: Blockhouse - NoeHill
These blockhouses, or watchtowers, each housing cannons, protected the Russian sentries from wind and rain as they guarded Novo-Archangelsk (present day Sitka). Originally the Russians built capital D-shaped five-sided blockhouse on this site facing up Sitka Channel.
Russian Block House - Visit Sitka
Replica of the block house that separated the Russian and Tlingit sections of Sitka after the Tlingits moved back into the area 20 years following the 1804 battle. Located on the north side of the Pioneer Home on Katlian Street.
Historic Sites - Visit Sitka
Russian Block House N Side 120 Katlian St., Sitka, AK 99835 Replica of the block house that separated the Russian and Tlingit sections of Sitka after the Tlingits moved back into the area 20 years following the 1804 battle.
Sentinel of a Divided Town - The Historical Marker Database
May 16, 2011 · These blockhouses, or watchtowers, each housing cannons, protected the Russian sentries from wind and rain as they guarded Novo-Archangelsk (present day Sitka). Originally the Russians built capital D-shaped five-sided blockhouse on …
Sitka NHP: Administrative History (Chapter 5) - U.S. National Park …
Russian blockhouse. The reconstructed blockhouse in downtown Sitka continued to be an unresolved resource issue for the park service. At the time it was built in 1960, park service officials recommended that the building be transferred to the State of Alaska or be incorporated into the national monument as a detached unit. In 1964 the Bureau of ...
Russian Blockhouse, Sitka
Serving as a replica of the original walled fortifications that delineated Russia's control, the Russian Blockhouse offers visitors insight into the defensive structures that once guarded Novo-Archangelsk, present-day Sitka.
Sitka NHP: Administrative History (Chapter 3) - U.S. National Park Service
Blockhouse D had been a point, toward Swan Lake, on the wall separating the Russian and Native settlements at Sitka. The United States Observatory crew at Sitka demolished the original blockhouse in 1921 because its metal affected their instruments.