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July 8, 2015

121-year-old Juneau church gets a facelift

  • Another project will restore the original entrance to the rectory, which is now a bookstore and gift shop.
    • By EMILY RUSSO MILLER
    Juneau Empire

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    Crews are restoring the “drum” atop St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. This photo was taken in 2009.

    JUNEAU, Alaska — Last summer, two National Park Service architects scaled the top of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Juneau, peeled back some white shingles and found just what they were hoping to see: signs of its original ornamentation.


     
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