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Sitka, Alaska
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Built between 1841 and 1843, the Russian Bishop's House is one of the last buildings of Russian America still standing, and served as the home, office and chapel of Ivan Veniaminov, the first Orthodox bishop of Alaska, later canonised as Innocent of Alaska. He left Sitka in 1868 to become Metropolitan of Moscow and died there in 1879, so whatever walks the house, it is not a man who died in it. The National Park Service has preserved the building and opens it to visitors. Rangers, restoration workers and visitors describe footsteps in the bishop's quarters, low voices in the chapel, tools moved during restoration work, cold spots, and a tall robed figure near the chapel or at the window where the bishop prayed.
A National Park Service historic site, open to the public for tours seasonally.
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