Lauritsen Cabin | |
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| Location | Along west bank of Lake Creek, Mile 48 of Seward Highway |
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| Nearest city | Moose Pass, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 60°40′22″N149°28′27″W / 60.67278°N 149.47417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Built by | Polly Mining Company |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003761 [1] |
| AHRS No. | SEW-152 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 16, 1979 |
| Designated AHRS | July 14, 1977 |
The Lauritsen Cabin is a historic miner's cabin in the Chugach Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska. It is located a short way east of mile 48 of the Seward Highway, at the confluence of Mill and Canyon Creeks. It is built of hand-hewn logs fitted tightly with dovetail notches, and features a ridge pole hewn in a curve to provide for a hip-shaped roof. The building measures about 27 by 13 feet (8.2 m × 4.0 m). The cabin was built in 1896, and may have been among the first cabins built in the gold rush that swept the area in the late 19th century. [2]
The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
