File:Russian-American Architecture, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK HABS AK,1-UNAK,3- (sheet 1 of 1).tif

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(14,452 × 9,632 pixels, file size: 2.24 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size.
HABS AK,1-UNAK,3- (sheet 1 of 1) - Russian-American Architecture, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Title
HABS AK,1-UNAK,3- (sheet 1 of 1) - Russian-American Architecture, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Depicted place Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Medium 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS AK,1-UNAK,3- (sheet 1 of 1)
Credit line
This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Notes
  • Significance: From the time the Russians discovered Alaska in 1741 until they sold it to the United States in 1867, they established numerous settlements, mostly along the coast in Alaska, plus one at Fort Ross in California. In Alaska, only three buildings are known to survive the period of Russian occupancy, all of them log construction: the Russian-American Company Magazin in Kodiak, (HABS No. AK-2) the Russian Bishop's House in Sitka (HABS No. AK-64), and Building No. 29 in Sitka (HABS No. AK-99). Russian architecture has also survived in Alaska through the Russian Orthodox churches that continue to be built into the present. Once converted by the Russians, the Natives adopted Russian Orthodoxy as their own. Today there are about 20,000 members of over 80 churches statewide. The forms of the churches vary, ranging from an octagonal church in Juneau to a cruciform-plan, three-altar one in Unalaska, yet they share basic elements of sanctuary, iconstas, nave, and vestibule, often expressed on the exterior and embellished with belltowers, onion domes, three-bar crosses, and splashes of color. Today's churches are often the third or fourth one on the same site, sharing the same fenced churchyard, set slightly apart from the village, and serving as a focal point both visually and spiritually. Seven of these churches have been granted National Historic Landmark status, while an additional 30 have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of them are located in villages that did not exist during the Russian period, but represent the spread and persistence of an adopted religion, and an adopted architectural tradition.
  • Survey number: HABS AK-187
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0433.sheet.00001a
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Other versions
Camera location53° 52′ 25″ N, 166° 32′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:55, 25 June 2014Thumbnail for version as of 21:55, 25 June 201414,452 × 9,632 (2.24 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)GWToolset: Creating mediafile for Fæ. HABS batch upload start 25 June 2014

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Russian-American_Architecture,_Unalaska,_Aleutian_Islands,_AK_HABS_AK,1-UNAK,3-_(sheet_1_of_1).tif&oldid=741015844"