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Downtown Fairbanks Historical Walking Tour

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Tour Overview

History buff’s guide to downtown Fairbanks

We invite you to take a walk along historic streets and catch the spirit of the Golden Heart of the “Last Frontier”. Through its buildings the history of Fairbanks unfolds from its origins to the present.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center

  2. Stop 2: Lend-Lease Memorial

  3. Stop 3: The William Ransom Wood Centennial Bridge

  4. Stop 4: Northward Building

  5. Stop 5: W. A. Gilcher Building

  6. Stop 6: Mt. McKinley Bank’s Cannon Ball Safe

  7. Stop 7: Courthouse Square

  8. Stop 8: Fairbanks Distilling Company

  9. Stop 9: Old Main School Building

  10. Stop 10: Old Main School Building Features & Quilt

  11. Stop 11: "The Line"

  12. Stop 12: Boardwalk

  13. Stop 13: Ski Fence

  14. Stop 14: Falcon Joslin Home

  15. Stop 15: The Patty House

  16. Stop 17: Barrack House

  17. Stop 18: Claypool/Berry Home

  18. Stop 19: 1323 1st Avenue

  19. Stop 20: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

  20. Stop 21: R.C. Wood House

  21. Stop 22: George C. Thomas Library

  22. Stop 23: Golden North Rebekah Lodge

  23. Stop 24: Masonic Temple

  24. Stop 25: Barnette Landing Beautification Project

  25. Stop 26: Key Bank of Alaska

  26. Stop 27: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  27. Stop 28: Former Railroad Depot

  28. Stop 29: Denali State Bank/Old St. Joseph’s Hospital

  29. Stop 30: Immaculate Conception Church

  30. Stop 31: Chena River & Gordon Wear Garden Overlook

  31. Stop 32: Doyon, Limited Headquarters

  32. Stop 33: Golden Heart Plaza

  33. Stop 34: Yukon Quest Log Cabin

  34. Stop 35: Barnette Monument

  35. Stop 36: Milepost Circle

  36. Stop 37: Co-Op Plaza & Empress Theatre

  37. Stop 38: Lathrop Building

  38. Stop 39: Lacey Street Theatre

  39. Stop 40: Wickersham Monument