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Fairbanks City Hall

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concrete building, it was built in 1934 to replace the original Fairbanks school, a wooden building constructed in 1907 which burned down in late 1932. As Fairbanks grew exponentially with the military buildup associated with World War II and the Cold War, the building was enlarged in 1939 and again
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It was the city's only school from its opening in 1934 until the opening of Denali Elementary School in 1951. It became a junior/senior high school for several years until
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The building was renamed the Patrick B. Cole City Hall after Patrick Cole, a long time City Manager and Chief of Staff to eight Fairbanks City Mayors.
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three blocks to the north. In addition to city offices, the former school gymnasium is home to the Fairbanks
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programs. The building's primary purpose at that point was to house the administrative offices of the
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until it was replaced by Ryan Junior High School and Tanana Junior High School during the early 1970s.
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Following the disestablishment of Main Junior High, instruction in the building was mostly limited to
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There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.
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for its previous use as a school building, is located at 800 Cushman Street in downtown
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The building has housed city offices since 1994, which moved from the
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Main School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fairbanks City Hall is located in Downtown Fairbanks
Fairbanks City Hall is located in Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Tourtellotte & Hummel
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Art Deco
Lathrop High School
alternative education
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
longtime Fairbanks City Hall
Boys & Girls Club
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"NRHP nomination for Main School"
"Main School, now City Hall, is a Fairbanks fixture"
"Patrick B. Cole City hall dedicated"
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