Alaska - North Slope County
North Slope County Alaska has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 11 places of National significance and 13 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Birnirk Site, Etivluk Lake Archeological District, Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site, Ipiutak Archeological District and Ipiutak Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Kukmiut Eskimo, Coastal Eskimo, Birnirk, Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Early Eskimo, Late Prehistoric Eskimo, Native American, Ipiutak, Paleo-Eskimo, Northern Archaic, Late Prehistoric Eksimo and Inupiat dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these North Slope County historic places including Ernest de Koven Leffingwell and Will Rogers.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the North Slope County places including US Revenue Service, Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Humble Oil Co., Dr. Henry Greist and U.S. Presbyterian Board of Missions. Prominent architectural styles found in North Slope Country are Colonial.

Aluakpak (added 1980 - - #80004555)
Also known as Coal Mine #3
Location unknown at this time , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Economics
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
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Anaktuuk (added 1980 - - #80004556)
Also known as Anaktuk
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Exploration/Settlement, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Kukmiut Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Atanik (added 1980 - - #80004557)
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Exploration/Settlement, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Coastal Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Avalitkuk (added 1980 - - #80004558)
Also known as Avalitkuk Creek
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Industry, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Kukmiut Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Birnirk Site (added 1966 - - #66000953)
Address Restricted , Barrow
Floyd Davidson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Birnirk
Period of Significance:
1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Etivluk Lake Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000195)
Also known as Qupyuvak;Itivliq
Address Restricted , National Petroleum Reserve
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Early Eskimo, Late Prehistoric Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site (added 1978 - - #78003208)
Address Restricted , Sagwon
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
8500-8999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Ipiutak Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79000411)
Also known as AHRS XPH-011;See Also:Ipiutak
Address Restricted , Point Hope Peninsula
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Eskimo
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1925-1949, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Ipiutak Site (added 1966 - - #66000157)
Address Restricted , Point Hope Peninsula
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Ipiutak, Paleo-Eskimo
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Ivishaat (added 1980 - - #80004559)
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Arctic Slope Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Kanitch (added 1980 - - #80004560)
Also known as Kangik (USGS)
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Communications
Cultural Affiliation:
Kukmiut Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Kinyiksukvik Lake Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000198)
Also known as Kinigsigvik
Address Restricted , National Petroleum Reserve
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Northern Archaic, Late Prehistoric Eksimo
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Leffingwell Camp Site (added 1971 - - #71001093)
58 mi. W of Barter Island on Arctic Coast , Flaxman Island
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Leffingwell,Ernest de Koven
Significant Year:
1914, 1906
Area of Significance:
Science
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Research Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
More Information:
Napanik (added 1980 - - #80004561)
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Kukmiut Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
Negilik Site (added 1980 - - #80004562)
Also known as Nerlik;Nechelik;Wood's Camp;AHRS Site No. HAR-169
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Communications
Cultural Affiliation:
Inupiat
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Point Barrow Refuge Station (added 1980 - - #80004563)
Also known as Cape Smythe Whaling & Trading Station;Brower's Cafe;AHRS Sit
Browersville , Barrow
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field Discovery Well Site (added 2000 - - #00000264)
Also known as AHRS Site No. XBP-00056, ARCO--Humble Prudhoe Bay State No. 1
200 mi. SE of Barrow; about 2 mi. N. of the mouth of the Putuligayuk River along the western shore of Prudhoe Bay , Prudhoe Bay
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Rogers-Post Site (added 1980 - - #80004564)
Also known as Walakpa Bay Crash Site;Will Rogers-Wiley Post Monuments;AHRS
13 mi. SW of Barrow , Barrow
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Rogers,Will,et al.
Significant Year:
1972, 1935
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Air-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
Tukuto Lake Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000197)
Address Restricted , National Petroleum Reserve
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Early Eskimo, Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Late Prehistoric Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Upper Colville Multiple Resource Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88000196)
Also known as Betty Lake Sites;Swayback Lakes Sites;Liberator Lake Sites
Address Restricted , National Petroleum Reserve
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Early Eskimo, Arctic Small Tool Tradition, Late Prehistoric Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Utkeagvik Church Manse (added 1983 - - #83003447)
Also known as Utkeagvik Presbyterian Church Manse;The Pastor's House
Off Momegan St. , Barrow
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Greist,Dr. Henry, U.S. Presbyterian Board of Missions
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence
More Information:
Uyagaagruk (added 1980 - - #80004565)
Also known as Oyagaruk
Address Restricted , Wainright
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Economics, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Kukmiut Eskimo
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp
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