Cable House and Station

Cable House and Station
Location Lincoln St., Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates 57°3′0″N 135°20′15″W / 57.05000°N 135.33750°WCoordinates: 57°3′0″N 135°20′15″W / 57.05000°N 135.33750°W
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 79000412[1]
Added to NRHP June 4, 1979

The Cable House and Station is a historic telecommunications building on Lincoln Street at Harbor Road in Sitka, Alaska. It is a modest two-story building, about 40 feet (12 m) square, with a hip roof. The building housed the telecommunications hub of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS), a military communications network established in the first decade of the 20th century, during the period of the Alaska boundary dispute with neighboring Canada.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Cable House and Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-06.