{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = McCarthy General Store | nrhp_type = | image = McCarthy Alaska.jpg | caption = | location = Southeastern corner of Kennicott Avenue and Skolai Street, [[McCarthy, Alaska]] | coordinates = {{coord|61.43206|-142.92381|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}} | locmapin = Alaska | built = {{Start date|1914}} | added = January 31, 1978 | area = {{convert|1|acre}} | refnum = 78003421<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_date = December 18, 1976 | designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF | designated_other1_abbr = AHRS | designated_other1_number = XMC-030 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom }} The '''McCarthy General Store''' is a historic former [[general store]] and boarding house at Kennecott and Skolai Streets in the small community of [[McCarthy, Alaska]], located in the heart of [[Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve]]. At two stories in height and measuring {{convert|47|x|56|ft|m}}, it is McCarthy's largest building, and one of its oldest. It was built in 1914, during the mining boom at nearby [[Kennecott, Alaska|Kennecott]]. The store occupied the ground floor of the building, and the upper level had eleven rooms for boarders. The building was abandoned after the mining boom ended in the 1930s,.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78003421}}|title=NRHP nomination for McCarthy General Store|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2014-12-18}}</ref>
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>
==See also== *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve]] *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Copper River Census Area, Alaska]]
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{{NRHP in Wrangell-St. Elias NP}} {{NRHP in Alaska by borough and census area}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:1914 establishments in Alaska]] [[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Copper River Census Area, Alaska]] [[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1914]] [[Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve]] [[Category:Retail buildings in Alaska]] [[Category:Unused buildings in Alaska]] [[Category:General stores in the United States]]
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