Dr. Elmer Bly House | |
Location: | Hardenburg Bay, Port Alsworth, Alaska |
Coordinates: | 60.2047°N -154.3069°W |
Architect: | Elmer Bly |
Builder: | Joe Thompson |
Added: | April 12, 2006 |
Refnum: | 06000240 |
Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
Designated Other1 Number: | XLC-00160 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
The Dr. Elmer Bly House, also known as Bly House and The Point, is a historic log house in Port Alsworth, Alaska. It is located on a spit of land adjacent to Hardenburg Bay, an inlet of Lake Clark, and presently houses administrative offices of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The house is a -story log structure, measuring 23feetx37feetft (xft). It has a projecting screened arctic entrance vestibule measuring 10feetx13feetft (xft). The logs used in its construction are sawn on three sides at a local sawmill. The house was built in 1947 by Dr. Elmer Bly, a dentist, and Joe Thompson. Bly operated his dental practice here from 1947 to 1953. It was purchased by the National Park Service 1979, at which time the interior was modernized and the exterior rehabilitated.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.