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Dialing, cranking and ringing into Juneau’s history as a telephone pioneer in Alaska
(Photograph by Winter Pond, PCA87-833 Alaska State Library ... Now known as the Edward Webster House, it is the oldest house currently in use in Juneau. The Edward Webster House (top center ...
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Historic neighborhood, once envisioned for new Alaska Capitol, is given away by the state
Telephone Hill is Juneau’s oldest historic neighborhood, home to the oldest still-occupied house in Alaska, the Edward Webster House, built in 1882. Seventeen people live in the neighborhood’s ...
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Telephone Hill residents plan next move after Juneau acquires property from state
When Tony Tengs took the stage at the Alaska Folk Festival earlier this month, he sang an ode to his Juneau neighborhood, Telephone Hill. “It’s where the oldest house you’ll find ...