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Women's Jail

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This building is a small structure, 11 feet by 15 feet; little distinguishes its use. The one-room building was constructed of logs, saddle notched at the corners. The sod-on-split-log gable roof has been replaced by rafters, planks, and metal. The men's jail does not survive.

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Author: 
Alison K. Hoagland
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Alison K. Hoagland, "Women's Jail", [Chisana, Alaska], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC121.3.

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Buildings of Alaska, Alison K. Hoagland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 153-153.

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