Prior to the 2008 sewer and water project, the only Seldovia properties listed in the Alaska Heritage Resource Survey or AHRS - the state-wide inventory of archaeological and historic architecture properties maintained by the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology, were the town of Seldovia itself (SEL-084) and the Russian Orthodox Church (SEL-023. Susan Springer, in her book “Seldovia, Alaska - An Historical Portrait of Life in Herring Bay” created a list of old buildings in Seldovia, along with short descriptions of their history. To provide additional context for the archaeological monitoring effort an assist in tracking Seldovia’s historic buildings, AHRS numbers were obtained for those buildings as well as two others. The inventory is not necessarily complete, and there are likely other old buildings in Seldovia that deserve to be added.

SEL-023 Russian Orthodox Church

SEL-331 Seldovia Bible Chapel

SEL-332 Ralph and Juanita Anderson Home built by Baishoff brothers from Kenai

SEL-333 Gruber Home “was originally the cook shack at the chrome mine on Chrome Bay in Port Chatham”

SEL-334 Jack English Office

SEL-335 Hospital

SEL-336 Winfree Home THis home has often been called a Sears mail order house, but there is no verification of that claim. The story is that the assebly instructions were in Danish, but with the number of Scandinavian ishermen in Seldovia translation was readily available. It was built for Winnie Zawistowski and her husband Robert Simpson.

SEL-337 Walter Liponcott Home built in 1930s for fisherman Walter Liponcott; on boardwalk extending into Seldovia Slough

SEL-338 Ed Feldahl Home built in 1930s; now Dancing Eales Bed & Breakfast

SEL-339 Josefson Home located on south side of Seldovia Slough was built around 1917 and was the home of Simon and Emma Josefson. Traditionally it was painted robin’s egg blue, and current owners have maintained that.

SEL-340 Hilmer Olsen Home built in the early 1930s by Hilmer Olsen

SEL-341 Ed Seaverson Home built prior to 1938 for Scandinavian fisherman Ed Seaverson.

SEL-342 Jack Wormensen Home built in 1930s for the Scandinavian fisherman who fished in Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet and trapped beaver and marten in the winter.

SEL-343 Marshal Andy Anderson Home built in 1930s. “Andy’s wife, Inga, was very short and much of the house was scaled down to accommodate her.”

SEL-344 Martha Jensen Home built by Paul Petresun

SEL-345 Bessie Lloyd House built in the 1940s

SEL-346 Typical Boardwalk Building

SEL-347 Pre-1964 House on Seldovia Slough next to SEL-337