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The Russian Bishop's House in Sitka, Alaska, built between 1841 and 1843, is one of the oldest surviving buildings from Russian America and served as the home and administrative center of Ivan Veniaminov, later canonized as Innocent of Alaska. From there he directed Russian Orthodox missionary and educational work among Indigenous peoples of southern Alaska, and Orthodox worshippers in the region nearly doubled between 1841 and 1860. After the United States purchased Alaska in 1867, the building continued in church use as priests' quarters, a chapel, episcopal quarters, and even a printing site. The property also includes the Old School and House 105.
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Sitka, Alaska · United States
