Knik Site (Knik, Alaska)

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Historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1898
Area: 9 acres
Date added to NRHP: 7/24/1973

The Knik Site represents the last remnants of what was once the largest settlement on Cook Inlet. Until the construction of the Alaska Railroad in 1919, the Knik settlement served as a transportation and trading hub for gold and coal mines in this general region of the territory. The settlement became largely irrelevant when the railroad arrived and spurred the creation of the city of Wasilla. Today, only two structures from the settlement's period of significance remain; a two-story roadhouse and a small log cabin. The roadhouse served as a museum for a time, but it has since closed. The construction of South Knik-Goose Bay Road has further visually obscured this site's place in history, as it cuts between the site and Cook Inlet.