Wendler Building

{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Wendler Building | nrhp_type = | image = WENDLER BUILDING.jpg | caption = | location = 400 D Street, [[Anchorage, Alaska]] | coordinates = {{coord|61|13|6|N|149|53|23|W|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}} | locmapin = USA Alaska Anchorage downtown#USA Alaska Anchorage#USA Alaska | built = {{Start date|1915}} | added = June 24, 1988 | area = {{convert|0.2|acre}} | refnum = 88000730<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF | designated_other1_abbr = AHRS | designated_other1_number = ANC-130 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom }}

The '''Wendler Building''' is a historic commercial building at 400 D Street in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]. Built in 1915 by Tony and Florence Wendler, it is the oldest commercial building in the city. The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris" />

==History== Originally located at 4th and I Streets, it was moved to its present location in 1984. It was used by the Wendlers as a store until 1920, after which Florence Wendler converted it to a boarding house. In 1948, she and her daughters opened '''Club 25''', an exclusive private club for women. It was eventually opened to general membership, and was for many years a landmark of the city's social scene.<ref name="ahist">{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskahistory.org/detail.aspx?ID=164|title=Tony and Florence Wendler|publisher=Cook Inlet Historical Society|accessdate=2015-01-23}}</ref>

== See also == * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Anchorage, Alaska]]

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[[Category:1915 establishments in Alaska]] [[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1915]] [[Category:Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]] [[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Anchorage, Alaska]] [[Category:Relocated buildings and structures in Alaska]] [[Category:Restaurants in Alaska]] [[Category:Retail buildings in Alaska]]