Jesse Lee Home for Children

Jesse Lee Home for Children
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Jesse Lee Home for Children is located in Alaska
Jesse Lee Home for Children
LocationBenson Drive, Seward, Alaska
Coordinates60°7′34″N 149°26′47″W / 60.12611°N 149.44639°W / 60.12611; -149.44639
Area2.65 acres (1.07 ha)
Built1926
Built byJohn Holm; A.S. Hanson
ArchitectStanley Shaw
DemolishedNovember 4, 2020
NRHP reference No.95001146[1]
AHRS No.SEW-003
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1995

The Jesse Lee Home for Children was a former home for displaced children on Swetmann Avenue in Seward, Alaska, United States. It was operated by the United Methodist Church from its opening in 1926 until the building suffered damage from a 1964 earthquake and operations were relocated to a new building in Anchorage.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.