Chicken Ridge Historic District
a.k.a. AHRS Site No. JUN-599;See Also:Wickersham House
Roughly, along Seventh St., Goldbelt Ave., Dixon St. and Basin Rd., Juneau, AK Local significance of the district: Exploration/settlement
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
In the late 1800s, there was a gold rush in Alaska that drew thousands of prospectors to the region. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899 brought tens of thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon, and was one of the largest gold rushes in history.