Castle Hill (Sitka, Alaska)
- Castle Hill (Sitka, Alaska)
Infobox_nrhp | name =American Flag-Raising Site
nrhp_type =nhl
caption = Historic 1827 illustration of Castle Hill in Old Sitka, which later became the American Flag Raising Site, an imposiong fortification on a hill overlooking the water and Tlingit areas.
location= Sitka, Alaska
lat_degrees = 57
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 55.51
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 135
long_minutes = 20
long_seconds = 1.57
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alaska
area =
built =1804
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= June 13, 1962[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=83&ResourceType=Site]
title=American Flag-Raising Site |accessdate=2007-11-08|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000162
American Flag-Raising Site, or Castle Hill, in Sitka, Alaska is the location where the Russian flag was lowered, and the American flag was raised, in 1867, marking the transfer of Alaska to the United States. Also, in 1959, after Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state, it is the location where the first 49-star U.S. flag was officially raised.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.[citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000162.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: American Flag-Raising Site (AHRS Site Sit 002) / Baranov Castle / Castle Hill] |492 KB|date=April 4, 1975 |author=William S. Hanable |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000162.pdf Accompanying 5 photos, from 1954, 1965, 1967.] |529 KB] ]No structures remain. It is now an Alaska state park located at Lincoln and Katlean Streets, in the Baranof Island area of Sitka.
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