Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District

Historic district in Alaska, United States

United States historic place
Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Whale totem
55°32′28″N 132°25′08″W / 55.54116°N 132.41878°W / 55.54116; -132.41878
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1904 (1904)
NRHP reference No.02000627[1]
AHRS No.CRG-00018
Added to NRHPJune 11, 2002

The Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, also known as the New Kasaan Totem Pole Park, is a historic district encompassing the relocated remnants of Old Kasaan, a historic village of the Haida people in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska. Now located in new Kasaan, the property includes the c. 1880 clan house of Chief Son-I-Hat, the Haida leader who oversaw the relocation of the people from Old to New Kasaan, and a totem pole he moved. In the 1930s, crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps relocated and/or replicated additional totem poles at the house site, restored the house, constructed a small park, and cut a trail from the center of new Kasaan to the park and adjacent cemeteries.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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