St. John the Baptist Church
Angoon, US
The St. John the Baptist Church is a historic Russian Orthodox Church in Angoon, Alaska, United States. It is currently in the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America This modest wood-frame village church was built 1928–1929, after a fire destroyed the previous church of the parish, at K
illisnoo, in 1927. The main chamber is about 38 feet (12 m) long and 22 feet (6.7 m) wide, although it was originally built to a shorter length. Its gabled roof is topped by a square cupola, which is topped by an Orthodox cross. A bell tower rises from the west end above the vestibule. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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