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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1923/00/00 Pullman Palace Car Company Architect The Great Northern Railroad buys a Pullman observation-compartment car and transports it to Alaska. It is renamed Denali, the Indian word for the highest mountain in Alaska, Mount McKinley.
1923/00/00 Great Northern Railway Owner The Great Northern Railroad buys a Pullman observation-compartment car and transports it to Alaska. It is renamed Denali, the Indian word for the highest mountain in Alaska, Mount McKinley.
1923/00/00 Warren G Harding US President Warren G Harding Excursion to Alaska
1965/00/00

Data »

Particulars for Harding Railroad Car:
Attribute Moved property
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Railroad
Sight Category Structure
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 6th April 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Harding Railroad Car
Registry Address: Alaskaland
Registry Number: 78003423
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Local
Architect: Pullman Palace Car Co.
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Person
Criteria Consideration: Moved property, Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1923, 1965
Associated People: Hardin,Warren G.
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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