Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District

Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Whale totem
Location	About 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Kasaan, along Totem Park Trail
Nearest city	Kasaan
Coordinates	55°32′28″N 132°25′08″W
Area	7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built	1904 (1904)
NRHP reference No.	02000627[1]
AHRS No.	CRG-00018
Added to NRHP	June 11, 2002

The Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District, also known as the New Kasaan Totem Pole Park, is a historic district encompassing the relocated remnants of Old Kasaan, a historic village of the Haida people in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska. Now located in new Kasaan, the property includes the c. 1880 clan house of Chief Son-I-Hat, the Haida leader who oversaw the relocation of the people from Old to New Kasaan, and a totem pole he moved. In the 1930s, crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps relocated and/or replicated additional totem poles at the house site, restored the house, constructed a small park, and cut a trail from the center of new Kasaan to the park and adjacent cemeteries.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

External links

• Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District at The Living New Deal Project