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Laydown - Benoit - Walking Tour Map' SECOND AVE fit O � THIRD AVE 3 _ _ FOURTH AVE 1 — 300 First Ave Jan van Emple House, 1925 2 — 335 First Ave, Brownell House, 1904 } 3 — 235/239 Second Ave, St Peter's Episcopal Church/Rectory, 1906 4 — 315 Second Ave, Captains Oldow, 1918 5 — 318 Second Ave, Manthey House, 1920 6 1111 Second Ave, Stucco Johnson Historic Homesite, 1916 — 7 — 125 Third Ave, Mary Lowell Homestead/The Line/AK Transfer Co. 8 — 319 Third Ave, Wayne Blue House, 1920 9 — 235 Third Ave, The Tides Inn, 1941 10 — 417 Third Ave, Holland House, 1905 11 — 420 Third Ave, Norway Maple, 1943 12 — 429 Third Ave, Hale House, 1905 13 — Third Ave and Dairy Hill Lane, Benny Benson Memonal Park 14 — 209 Fourth Ave, Brown & Hawkins, 1904 15 — 218 Fourth Ave, Urbach's Clothiers, 1942 16 — 219 Fourth Ave, Orlan der Building, 1916 17 — 222 Fourth Ave, McMullen Building, 1930 18 — 225 Fourth Ave, Seward Commercial Company, 1908 ■ 19 — 227 Fourth Ave, Generations/Sexton House, 1911 20 — 237 Fourth Ave, Kawabe Park/Fourth Ave Business District 21 — 1200 Fourth Ave, Seward Manners' Memorial 22 — 212 Fifth Ave, Heritage Sitka Spruce 23 2 7/221 Fifth Ave, Hotel Seward, 24 — 232 Fifth Ave, Mt. Marathon Apartmants, ll0 circa 906 25 — 327 Fifth Ave, Swetmann House, 1916 . Q ■ m. U. C. 26 — Fifth 219 27 — 219 House, Ave, Private Residence, Sixth Ave, Government Cable House, 1905 28 — 239 Sixth Ave, Seward Community Library & Museum, 2011 29 — 313 Sixth Ave, Malloy House, 1928 ■ ■ 30 — 308 Sixth Ave, Dryden House, 1920 31—400/408 Sixth Ave, WWII Quonset Huts, circa 1941 32 — 308 Adams St, Van Gilder Hotel, 1916 33 — 410 Adams St, 1867 AK Purchase Centennial Year Sitka Spruce 34 — 500 Adams St, The L.V. Ray Building, 1916 35 — 504 Adams St, IOOF Hall, 1918 36 — 611 Adams St, Stand Oil Manager's House, 1928 37 — 302 Church St, Resu mect Art Coffee House, 1917 38 — 208 Brownell St, Home Brew Alley, 1932 39 — Jefferson St and Ballains Blvd- Sign. 1940 Lowell Creek Diversion Dam 40-401 Railway Ave, Hoban Park, 1923 41 —501 Railway Ave, Seward Railroad Depot, 1917 42 — 613 Railway Ave, Founders Site & Fourth Ave Wharf •' 43-411 Washington St, Old Solly's, 1916 44 — Lowell Canyon Road, Mount Marathon Race, 1915 45 —Salmon Creek Road & Moat Way, Woodlawn Cemetery, 1916 46 —Aspen Lane & Coolidge Drive, Seward Cemeteries, 1927 ...but wait, there's more! Ad #300 • Jan van Em paI's House, 1925 OVan Emple, 1880-194Q was a famous Dutch/American artist from the early 20th century. He traveled to Seward in 1924. He lived here for two years while he painted his first sacred picture, "The Resurrection" for the back wall of Saint Peter's Episcopal Church. He used Seward residents and himself as models. #315 • Captains Oldov{ 1918 Notable residents include Captain Don Oldow, captain ofthe Alaska Ferry's Tustemena, and his wife, Captain Pam. The two of them pioneered excursions to the Kenai Fjords National Park starting in 1980. #125 • The Mary Lowell Homestead, The Line, and Alaska Transfer Company OThis corner was once a bustling center of activity. It originally was the site ofthe Mary Lowell homestead. Frank Bellaire had a house built for her here. Later the house was the home of Lydia and Al Peel and known as the Peel House. He was a manager ofthe Alaska Transfer Company, located where the parking lot is now. His wife was associated with Seward's notorious red-light district known as The Line, where the line of cottonwoods now stands. Behind the cottonwoods there once were 21 little houses owned and operated by local businesswomen. The Line closed down in the mid-1950s. #319 • Wayne Blue House, 1920 WAlh Wayne Blue purchased this lot in 1916 and the house as built around 1920. Wayne Blue was a manager at the Alaska Transfer Company, an agent forthe Seward Water and Power Company, and a business manager for the Seward Gateway paper. #420 • Norway Maple, 1943 01 Beautiful old Norway Maple (Acerplatanoides). Mrs. Amend bought this beautiful tree through the Sears catalog in the late 1930s and planted it as a sapling. It may be the largest Norway Maple tree in Alaska. #218 • Urbach's Clothiers, 1942 OUrbach's has been in business since 1915 when Leon Urbach founded it in a different location. In 1921, he opened his new store where it is today. When a fire destroyed the original building in 1941, Leon wasted no time and rebuilt it in 1942. Leon had the only radio receiver strong enough to get the national news and would write up bulletins and post them on the window of his house to keep Seward up to date. The Urbach home was the meeting place for statesmen and Leon was one of Alaska's unofficial leaders. When Leon retired, his son, Larry, and his wife Dorothy, took over running Urbach's. Dorothy Urbach continued the family tradition of leadership. In 2020 received an award from the mayor for her 30 years of leading the Friends of the Library and her many years of service to the Seward community. #1200 • Seward Mariners' Memorial WmThis lighthouse memorial honors the names of anners lost at sea or who have passed on after a lifetime of love for the ocean. #212 • Heritage Sitka Spruce ONote the huge, beautiful open -grown Sitka Spruce tree. Likely over 70 years old, it is the most outstanding tree in Seward for its history, exemplary shape, beauty, and size. Note the sidewalk curves around it. #217 and 221 • Hotel Seward, originally 1905 William McNeiley built the Hotel Seward around 1905. In 1909 the hotel was advertised as a first-class hotel with rates of $1 and up. The hotel burned down in 1941 and then was rebuilt in 1944. Different wings have been built overtime. Come in and walk through its history. #338. 1930 AeftThis 405 square -foot cabin was a typical size for many homes in the 1930s. #500 • The L.V. Ray Building, 1916 0Built by the Harriman Bank of New York, it served as a bank until 1922, then as the local high school from 1925-28. L.V. Ray, a prominent pioneer attorney, bought the building and had offices there until his death in 1946. His wife, Hazel, converted it into apartments. #504 • International Order of Odd Fellows Hall, 1918 ®The IOOF hall was completed and opened to the public with a dance and basket social in 1918. It was one ofthe favorite dancing and grand ball locations in Seward through the 1940's, and served as a community center for many years. Woodlawn Cemetery Salmon Creek Road and Moat Way, 1916 In the early days, the dead were buried in numerous places around Seward as there was no official cemetery. In 1916, the city purchased this land for the Woodlawn Cemetery. For $30 each, remains were dug up, transported, and reburied here. When Salmon Creek changed course in the 1920s, the water table rose too high to continue using the land as a cemetery. It was abandoned around 1926. Many of the remains were exhumed and relocated to the current cemetery. Some of Seward's easiest residents, including Mary Lowell, are bused here. Seward Cemeteries Aspen Lane and Coolidge Drive, 1933 QIn 1933 the City acquired a 40-acre Cemetery Reserve and deeded land to the organizations that had initiated the idea of creating this cemetery. Many graves were relocated from Woodlawn Cemetery. To this day, the American Legion, Masons, and Pioneers of Alaska maintain their cemeteries. The City also maintains the Oddfellow, and Jesse Lee Home Cemeteries located in the NW corner ofthe city parcel. View the Memorial Garden created by the Seward Rotary Club near the Aspen Lane entrance, and the Jesse Lee Home Cemetery interpretive sign nearby.