Rika's Landing Roadhouse

Rika's Landing Roadhouse
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The roadhouse is a two-story log and clapboard structure, brown with white trim. It has dormers in the roof to make a partial third story. The front porch has flowers and steps to the path in front. The garden is just visible to the rear, as is the sod-roofed Big Delta State Historical Park interpretive center.
Rika's Landing Roadhouse is located in Alaska
Rika's Landing Roadhouse
LocationMile 274.5, Richardson Highway, Big Delta, Alaska
Coordinates64°09′19″N 145°50′26″W / 64.15524°N 145.84058°W / 64.15524; -145.84058
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1909
Architectural styleMultistory Log and clapboard, tarpaper roof with dormers
Part ofBig Delta Historic District (ID91000252)
NRHP reference No.76000364[1]
AHRS No.XBD-059
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1976
Designated CPMarch 20, 1991
Designated AHRS1970

Rika's Landing Roadhouse, also known as Rika's Landing Site or the McCarty Roadhouse, is a roadhouse located at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River, in the Southeast Fairbanks Area, Alaska, United States. It is off mile 274.5 of the Richardson Highway in Big Delta.

The roadhouse is named after Rika Wallen, who acquired it from John Hajdukovich and operated it for many years. It became a hub of activity in that region of the interior. With the construction of the ALCAN (now Alaska) Highway and the replacement of the ferry with a bridge downstream, traffic moved away and patronage declined. The roadhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and is now a centerpiece of Big Delta State Historical Park, also listed on the National Register.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.