Mills House (Sitka, Alaska)

Coordinates: 57°03′04″N 135°20′07″W / 57.05108°N 135.33518°W / 57.05108; -135.33518
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Mills House
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Mills House (Sitka, Alaska) is located in Downtown Sitka
Mills House (Sitka, Alaska)
Mills House (Sitka, Alaska) is located in Alaska
Mills House (Sitka, Alaska)
Location315 Seward Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates57°03′04″N 135°20′07″W / 57.05108°N 135.33518°W / 57.05108; -135.33518
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
ArchitectClyde A. Maclaren
Architectural styleearly 20th-century cottage
NRHP reference No.78000536[1]
AHRS No.SIT-189
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1978
Designated AHRSMarch 7, 1977

The Mills House, also known as the May Mills House and Rose Hill, is a historic house at 315 Seward Street in Sitka, Alaska. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, designed by Clyde Maclaren of Seattle, Washington for May Mills, the sister of businessman W. P. Mills, and built 1911–13. It is an excellent local example of Colonial Revival design, using the latest technologies of the day and well-adapted to a site offering expansive views of the area. Its internal technology includes an illumination system that could operate either on carbide gas or electricity, and it still has some of its original light fixtures.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Mills House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 22, 2014.