Lewis, Richard
Primary Name: Lewis, Richard F.
Filed as: lewis_richard_f
Also known as: R.F. Lewis, Richard F. Lewis
Occupation / Association: Attorney; owner, Juneau Water Works
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Property / Address: Block F; Lots 7–8, Juneau Motor Company building, 11 Egan Drive, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Richard F Lewis, R.F. Lewis, Lewis Richard F, Juneau Water Works owner, Juneau attorney, Telephone Hill property owners
Biography
Richard F. Lewis and his wife Grace Lewis owned Block F, Lots 7–8, where the Juneau Motor Company building stands at 11 Egan Drive on the corner of Egan Drive and Main Street at the base of Telephone Hill. The property remained in the Lewis family from the turn of the twentieth century until the early 1950s.
Lewis came to Juneau in 1894 and practiced law there until 1952. In addition to his legal practice, he owned the Juneau Water Works from 1938 to 1944. Lewis was also among a group of Alaskans who successfully lobbied in Washington, D.C., to have the territorial capital moved from Sitka to Juneau.
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City of Juneau property records, 1901–1951; Lewis family records
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Johnson, Richard
Primary Name: Johnson, Richard
Filed as: johnson_richard
Also known as: Richard Johnson
Occupation / Association: Property owner, Telephone Hill
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Property / Address: Lot 6, Anita Kodzoff House, 107 West First Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Richard Johnson, Johnson Richard, Telephone Hill property owners, Anita Kodzoff House, 107 West First Street Juneau
Biography
Richard Johnson owned Lot 6 on the southeast face of Telephone Hill in Juneau, Alaska, from 1901 to 1914. The property is the site of the Anita Kodzoff House, located at 107 West First Street.
The property underwent improvements during Johnson’s ownership.
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Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Jackson, John
Primary Name: Jackson, John
Filed as: john_jackson
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Occupation / Association: Early Telephone Hill property holder
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Property / Address: Anita Kodzoff House, 107 West First Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill
Keywords: John Jackson, Jackson John, Anita Kodzoff House, 107 West First Street Juneau, Telephone Hill residents, early Juneau property holders
Biography
John Jackson possessed the site later occupied by the Anita Kodzoff House, a duplex at 107 West First Street on the southeast face of Telephone Hill in Juneau, Alaska, in Juneau, Alaska.
Jackson held the property sometime between 1885 and 1895 during the early development of the Telephone Hill neighborhood.
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Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Tags: John Jackson, Jackson John, Anita Kodzoff House, 107 West First Street Juneau, Telephone Hill residents, early Juneau property holders
Tibbets, Charles
Tibbets, Captain Charles
Occupation: Mariner, ferry operator, later merchant
Associated Places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Telephone Hill
Biography
Captain Charles Tibbets was an early mariner and transportation operator in the Juneau–Douglas area during the territorial period. He was associated with the ownership and operation of the first ferry service connecting the communities of Juneau and Douglas.
Tibbets and his wife owned the site of what later became known as the Judge George Alexander House on the southeast face of Telephone Hill from 1889 until the property was sold by his estate in 1931.
As a mariner, Captain Tibbets was involved with the ownership and operation of the first Juneau–Douglas ferry boat company (Davis, 1893). For a number of years, he served as skipper of vessels for the Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company, which later assumed the ferry operations between Juneau and Douglas. These early ferry routes were an essential transportation link between the mining town of Douglas and the growing community of Juneau.
Later in his career, Tibbets commanded vessels for the United States Bureau of Fisheries, reflecting the continued importance of maritime work in the region’s economy.
Toward the end of his life, he operated a candy store located at Main and Third Streets in Juneau, a business mentioned in the Daily Alaska Empire in 1931.
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- Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984
- Davis, 1893
- Daily Alaska Empire, 1931
Alexander, George Forest
Primary Name: Alexander, George Forest
Filed as: alexander_george_forest
Also known as: Judge George F. Alexander; George F. Alexander
Occupation / Association: U.S. District Judge, First Judicial District of Alaska
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Property / Address: Judge George Alexander House, 120 West First Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: George Forest Alexander, George F Alexander, Judge George Alexander, U.S. District Judge Alaska First Judicial District, Telephone Hill house 120 West First Street
Biography
Judge George Forest Alexander purchased Block 1, Lot 1 on Telephone Hill in 1938 and constructed the Judge George Alexander House in 1939 at 120 West First Street in Juneau.
Alexander served as the United States District Judge for the First Judicial District of Alaska at Juneau from 1933 to 1947.
The residence remained a notable Telephone Hill structure associated with the territorial judiciary. By 1984, the property was owned by the Southeastern Newspaper Corporation.
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City of Juneau, 1901–1951; Atwood, DeArmond, 1967; Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984
Tags: George Forest Alexander, Judge George Alexander, U.S. District Judge Alaska, Telephone Hill residents, 120 West First Street Juneau, Judge George Alexander House, Southeastern Newspaper Corporation
Hilton, Nathaniel
Primary Name: Hilton, Nathaniel
Filed as: nathaniel_hilton
Also known as: Nathaniel Hilton
Occupation / Association: Property Owner
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Nathaniel Hilton, Hilton Nathaniel, Telephone Hill property owners, Juneau Alaska residents
Biography
Nathaniel Hilton purchased lots in Juneau and may have had a home associated with the Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood (DeArmond 1967).
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Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Tags: Nathaniel Hilton, Hilton Nathaniel, Telephone Hill residents, Juneau Alaska residents
Sagemiller, John
Sagemiller, John
Associated Places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill
Biography
John Sagemiller was an early resident and property owner in Juneau, Alaska, during the territorial period.
Sagemiller purchased several lots in Juneau and is believed to have owned or occupied a home associated with the Telephone Hill area, one of the historic residential neighborhoods overlooking the early townsite.
Telephone Hill became one of the primary residential districts for many early settlers, miners, merchants, and civic leaders in Juneau during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Sources
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey, 1984
DeArmond, Robert N., 1967
Harris, William John
Primary Name: Harris, William John, Jr.
Filed as: harris_william_j_jr
Also known as: William John Harris Jr.; William J. Harris Jr.; William Harris
Occupation / Association: Guide; Sign Painter; Political Cartoonist
Born: March 29, 1884, Juneau, Alaska
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Parents: Richard "Dick" Tighe Harris; Kitty Harris
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Telephone Hill; Chemawa Indian School, Oregon
Property / Address: Harris Family Home, 219 Second Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: William John Harris Jr, William Harris Jr, Richard Dick Harris family, Kitty Harris, Telephone Hill residents, Alaska Native rights cartoonist, Chemawa Indian School students
Biography
William John Harris, Junior was born on March 29, 1884, the oldest surviving son of Kitty Harris and Richard "Dick" Tighe Harris. He was named after Dick Harris's nephew, William John Harris, Senior. An older brother with the same name died in infancy.
His younger brother, Richard Tighe Harris, Jr., also survived. A younger sister, Mary Kelchine Harris, died at 11 months old.
The family lived at 219 Second Street in the Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood. Upon his father's death, William inherited this house.
He attended the Native school in Juneau. In the mid-1890’s, he began studying at the Indian School at Chemawa, Oregon. The first correspondence in the Alaska Consortium Library's collection between the boys and their father begins in late 1897.
William Harris was a guide and sign painter in Juneau. He inherited the house after his father's death in 1907.
Although 1901 tax records show “lots and a building” and site improvements valued at $1,000, the Edward Bayless House, located on Lot 2 at 211 Dixon Street, is visible in an 1885 photograph. It is recorded that in 1912, Claire Bayless and Edward Bayless purchased Lot 1 and built the Edward Bayless House.
William was a nationally published political cartoonist whose caricature drawings demonstrated involvement in early Alaska Native rights efforts. While at school, he drew cartoons for the Salem Capital Journal, including a lampoon which helped cover his school expenses while he studied caricature.
He lived in Juneau most of his life and raised a large family.
Sources
Alaska Consortium Library – Harris Family Papers
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Tags: William John Harris Jr, Harris William John Jr, Kitty Harris, Richard Dick Harris, Telephone Hill residents, Alaska Native rights advocates, Juneau pioneers
Harris, Kitty
Primary Name: Harris, Kitty
Filed as: harris_kitty
Also known as: Kitty Newcomb Harris; Katherine Harris, Kate Harris,
Occupation / Association: Early resident of Juneau; Tlingit resident of Hoonah
Born: circa 1867, Hoonah, Alaska
Died: February 1893, Juneau, Alaska
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Spouse: Richard Harris (m. circa 1880)
Children: William J. Harris (1882–1882); William J. Harris, Jr.; Richard Tighe Harris, Jr.; Mary Kelchine Harris (1888–1889)
Property / Address: 219 Second Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: Hoonah, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Harrisburg (Juneau), Alaska; Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood
Keywords: Kitty Harris, Katherine Harris, Harris Kitty, Richard Harris wife, Telephone Hill residents, Harrisburg Alaska families, Tlingit residents Juneau, Hoonah Alaska families
Biography
Kitty Harris, a Tlingit woman from Hoonah, believed to be of the Wooshkeetaan clan, married Richard Harris around 1880.
In March 1881, the couple purchased Lots 1 and 2 on Telephone Hill from George Pilz and his wife. They later sold Lot 1 and built a home on Lot 2 at 219 Second Street.
The couple had four children. Their first son, William J. Harris, was born on May 14, 1882, but died two days later. A second son, William J. Harris, Jr., was born on March 29, 1884. On November 10, 1885, their son Richard Tighe Harris, Jr. was born. Their daughter Mary Kelchine Harris was born on March 22, 1888.
Kitty Harris and three of her children were baptized on Sunday, July 15, 1888, by Reverend Eugene S. Willard in the Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Alaska.
Mary Kelchine Harris died on February 24, 1889, at the age of eleven months. Kitty Harris died in February 1893 at the age of 26.
Sources
Alaska Consortium Library; Telephone Hill historical records; Juneau Independent, "Telephone Hill Was Built Around a Tlingit Home"
Tags: Kitty Harris, Katherine Harris, Harris Kitty, Richard Harris, Telephone Hill residents, Hoonah Alaska families, Harrisburg Alaska families, Tlingit residents Juneau
Garside, Charles
Primary Name: Garside, Charles W.
Filed as: garside_charles_w
Also known as: Charles Garside
Occupation / Association: Mining engineer; Surveyor
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Silver Bow Basin, Alaska
Property / Address: Lots 3 and 4, site of the William Bosch House, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Charles W Garside, Charles Garside, Garside Charles W, George Garside, Juneau Townsite surveyor, Silver Bow Basin mining engineers, William Bosch House, Telephone Hill residents
Biography
Charles W. Garside and his brother, George Garside, came to Juneau in 1884. Both were mining engineers and among the early surveyors involved in laying out the Juneau Townsite.
George Garside was one of the original developers of the Perseverance, Atla, and Jumbo lodes in the Silver Bow Basin (Stone 1980; DeArmond 1967).
The 1894 plat map of the Juneau Townsite shows Charles Garside owning Lots 3 and 4 at the turn of the century. City tax records indicate that Charles Garside sold the two lots to William Bosch in 1912.
The property later became the site of the William Bosch House, which is now recognized as part of the Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood.
Sources
Stone 1980; DeArmond 1967
Telephone Hill Historic Site and Structures Survey
Tags: Charles W Garside, Charles Garside, George Garside, mining engineers Juneau, Juneau Townsite surveyors, William Bosch House, Telephone Hill residents