Russian Bishop's House

The Russian Bishop's House is a two-story log structure built in 1841 to 1843 in Sitka, Alaska, by Finnish laborers employed by the Russian American Company, originally serving as the residence of the Russian Orthodox bishop and, for a time, the Russian Mission Orphanage. One of the oldest surviving buildings of Russian America, it stands at Lincoln and Monastery Streets and is now a historic house museum operated by the National Park Service as part of Sitka National Historical Park, open to the public through ranger-guided tours. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/