Primary Name: Reynolds, Percy

Filed as: Reynolds, Percy

Also known as: Percy Reynolds

Occupation / Association: Chef; restaurant and liquor store proprietor

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

Keywords: Percy Reynolds, Percy Reynolds House Juneau, Telephone Hill historic homes, Front Street Juneau restaurants, early Juneau business owners

Biography

Percy Reynolds was a chef and early Juneau businessman who came to the city from Ketchikan, Alaska. After arriving in Juneau, he opened a liquor store and restaurant on Front Street, serving the growing community in the capital city during the early twentieth century.

Reynolds also built the Percy Reynolds House at 116 West First Street on Telephone Hill. The residence faced south, overlooking Gastineau Channel and Douglas Island, and became one of the homes associated with the early residential development of Telephone Hill.

Sources

Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984