Mary Lee Davis House
Mary Lee Davis House | |
| Location | 410 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 64°50′36″N 147°43′52″W / 64.84333°N 147.73111°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004901 |
| AHRS No. | FAI-036 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1982 |
| Designated AHRS | November, 1978 |
The Mary Lee Davis House is a historic house at 410 Cowles Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is now the Alaska Heritage House, a bed and breakfast inn. It is a 1+1⁄2-story bungalow-style house, set at the northern corner of Cowles and 5th Avenue in a residential area of the city. The exact construction date of the house is uncertain: it was probably complete by 1916, but construction may have begun as early as 1906; it is acknowledged as the city's oldest occupied residence. The unfinished house was purchased by writer Mary Lee Davis and her husband, who finished the building and added a number of its distinctive touches, including the city's first residential coal heating system. After a period of ownership by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, during which it was home to company executives, it went through a succession of owners before being converted to a bed and breakfast.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.