Historic House Museums in Alaska

Visitors will learn the history of Anchorage, Tent City, the Alaska Railroad, the land auction, and about Oscar Anderson, an early settler, and his family. The house and contents depict the time period of 1915-1925 when the Andersons first came to Anchorage.

A small house museum, dedicated to the life and times of Judge James Wickersham and his family. during the years 1900-1910. House, furnishings and decor are authentic to the time period and to the Wickersham family.

Step back in time thorough the doors of the House of Wickersham, the first large Victorian home built on "Chicken Ridge", the "Nob Hill" of Juneau, Alaska. Sip tea from an elegant bone china cup and drink in the history of Alaska's territorial days as seen through the life of the man responsible for "Home Rule", the Alaska Railroad, the University of Alaska and Mount McKinley National Park (now known as Denali National Park).