Primary Name: Feldon, Sam

Filed as: Feldon, Sam

Also known as: Sam Feldon

Occupation / Association: Property owner; early Juneau resident

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Sam Feldon, Feldon family, Telephone Hill, Juneau historic homes, Anita Kodzoff House, early Juneau residents, Juneau property owners

Biography

Sam Feldon was an early resident of Juneau associated with the historic residential neighborhood on the southeastern slope of Telephone Hill. Feldon owned the house located at 107 West First Street, commonly known as the Anita Kodzoff House, until 1945.

The residence formed part of the hillside community that developed during the early decades of Juneau’s growth as a mining town and later as the territorial capital of Alaska. Telephone Hill became one of the city’s earliest residential districts, housing miners, merchants, laborers, and families who worked along the nearby waterfront and in the commercial core of downtown Juneau.

Homes on the southeast face of Telephone Hill were typically modest wooden structures built on steep terrain overlooking Gastineau Channel. These houses reflected the practical architecture of early Southeast Alaska communities, where limited flat land required creative building methods and compact residential layouts.

The structure at 107 West First Street later became associated with Anita Kodzoff, whose name is now commonly used to identify the house in historical surveys of the neighborhood. The building was one of many residences documented during preservation studies examining the historic resources of Telephone Hill.

Although relatively little biographical information survives about Sam Feldon, his ownership of the property represents one of the many individuals and families who contributed to the development of the Telephone Hill neighborhood during Juneau’s formative years.

Sources

• Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984.