Skagway Railway Building

by Cheryl Hoyle

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Skagway Railway Building

Artist

Cheryl Hoyle

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Photograph - Photography

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It is not known exactly when construction on the "Railroad Building" began but the first step, in December 1899, was the removal of several structures from the building site. The first part of the structure to be erected was the two-story fireproof vault, which was built of brick and steel over a concrete foundation with the vault doors manufactured by The Macneale & Urban Company of Hamilton,Ohio. The first published reference to the building's construction occurred in the Daily Alaskan of April 3, 1900, which noted the vault's construction. On April 15, 1900, the newspaper reported that "The two story fire-proof vault is nearly completed, and the lathers and plasterers are in possession [of the building]." On April 25, 1900, the same paper reported that the "…carpenters have begun to put the ornamental work on [the outside of] the new railroad building…the painters and plasterers are also at work…"That ornamentation included three wreaths of pressed zinc on the first floor and eight 36-inch long garlands and two 48 inch long garlands on the second floor, all found in the 1887 catalog of Blakewell & Mullins of Salem, Ohio. In addition, there are the words, "RAILROAD BUILDING" and the year "1900" spelled out in eight-inch high letters of galvanized iron on the face of the structure. The Daily Alaskan of May 3, 1900, noted that "The headquarters building is by far the finest wooden structure in the city.It is two stories high, plastered, provided with fireproof vaults, large plate glass windows, and is finely finished."

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