Juneau · Southeast: Juneau
The Alaskan Hotel & Bar
Built by a promoter and two miner brothers, opened September 16, 1913. About half the rooms use shared baths; stairs only.
- Built
- 1913Built in five months from April 1913 and opened September 16, 1913.
- Style
- Late Victorian
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Price
- $
- Area
- Southeast: Juneau
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Promoter Jules B. Caro and the brothers James and John McCloskey, miners who had struck pay dirt at Atlin in British Columbia, formed the partnership that built the hotel in 1912–13. It opened on September 16, 1913, a year after Alaska became a territory, next door to the declining Central hotel. It later traded as the Northlander. Mike and Bettye Adams bought it in 1977 and restored the original name and Victorian interior, and it was placed on the National Register in 1978. The hotel calls itself the oldest operating hotel in Alaska; the National Register form says more narrowly that it is the oldest operating hotel in Juneau and among the oldest in continuous operation in Alaska.
The ghost story
Owner Bettye Adams told Alaska Public Media in 2018 that she finds Room 315 creepy and believes the hotel is haunted, including the second floor, the bar and the basement. She said guests rarely report encounters but that employees have sometimes quit over them.
Source: alaskapublic.org
Good to know
- No elevator
- Pets welcome
- Address: 167 S Franklin St, Juneau, AK 99801
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.