F. E. Company Housing
a.k.a. Fairbanks Exploration Company Housing;AHRS Site No. FAI-334
505, 507, 521, and 523 Illinois St., Fairbanks, AK Local significance of the district: Architecture; Community Planning And Development
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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.
During World War II, the Japanese invaded and occupied two islands in Alaska's Aleutian chain, Attu and Kiska. This was the only foreign occupation of American soil during the war.