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First Mission House

Coordinates: 60°47′37″N 161°46′4″W / 60.79361°N 161.76778°W / 60.79361; -161.76778
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First Mission House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
First Mission House is located in Alaska
First Mission House
Location291 3rd Avenue,
Bethel, Alaska
Coordinates60°47′37″N 161°46′4″W / 60.79361°N 161.76778°W / 60.79361; -161.76778
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
Built byJohn Kilbuck, William Weinland
ArchitectHans Torgensen
Architectural styleVernacular Moravian mission
NRHP reference No.90001551[1]
AHRS No.BTH-013
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1990

The First Mission House (First Mission House and Place of Worship; First Moravian Mission) is a historic church and mission house at 291 Third Avenue in Bethel, Alaska. The wood-frame structure was the first to be built in Bethel, in 1885. It was designed by Hans Torgersen, one of the first group of Moravian missionaries sent to the area, but he died in a boating accident before it was built, and it was completed by two priests with no significant construction experience. Although the building received some alterations, it was restored to its early appearance in 1985. The building has been moved three times, primarily due to erosion along the Kuskokwim River.[2]

It was built in 1945 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for First Mission House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2014.