| Alaska Regional Office | U.S. Department of the Interior | |
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| Cultural Resources Team | National Park Service |
| National
Historic Landmarks in Alaska |
Church
of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska Island, Aleutians |
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Unalaska Island, Alaska |
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| National
Register Number: 70000112 Resource Type: Building Property Type: Religious facility Designated: April 15, 1970 |
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| Completed in 1826, this structure was built by the Russian American Fur Company under the terms of its second charter, which required it to support Russian Orthodox missionaries and establish schools in Russian America. The site is associated with Father Veniaminov, who had the church built and established a Russian school which operated from 1825 until the early 1960s. Father Veniaminov also translated the Aleut language to Church Slavonic and recorded Aleut customs and material culture, in addition to providing health services to the Aleuts. | ||||||||||||||||
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