Golden North Rebekah Lodge

Built in 1907 and owned by Cora Madole, a fortune teller from Dawson City, the building served as the 1st Avenue Bathhouse until 1910, when the pipes froze and burst. The story of the building’s early years as a bathhouse is well told in the book This Old House by Jo Anne Wold. The front first floor housed “Doc” Overgaard’s clinic, and the front second floor served as Mrs. Madole’s apartment. The bathhouse was in the rear of the building. Shortly after the bath­house closed, the Odd fellows purchased the building (Felix Pedro, whose gold discovery in 1902 precipitat­ed the Tanana Valley gold rush, was a member of the organization). In 1963, the Golden North Rebekah Lodge purchased the building and has maintained the hall until a recent short venture as Historic Hall, a local museum of ephemera and Alaskana. (The building is currently for sale) The building retains its original appearance and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.