Haines · Southeast: Haines
Hotel Halsingland
Old officers' quarters inside Fort William H. Seward, a National Historic Landmark; the hotel says the music for Alaska's flag song was written here.
- Built
- 1902–04The Army built Fort William H. Seward in 1902–04, though the hotel says work began in 1903. We have no date for the specific quarters, which became a hotel after 1947.
- Style
- Jeffersonian-style officers' quarters (hotel's description)
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 35
- Area
- Southeast: Haines
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The U.S. Army built Fort William H. Seward, now a National Historic Landmark, between 1902 and 1904 beside Haines, a settlement the hotel’s history says the Presbyterian Church founded in 1881 at the invitation of local Tlingit people. The post was established during the U.S.-Canada boundary dispute and was renamed Chilkoot Barracks before its deactivation after World War II. Five veterans and their families bought the fort as surplus, and in late 1947 Hilma and Clarence Mattson bought the commanding and bachelor officers’ quarters. Hilma, an immigrant from the Swedish province of Hälsingland, named the hotel after it. The hotel says Eleanor Dusenbury, a commander’s wife, wrote the music for Alaska’s flag song there.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 13 Fort Seward Dr, Haines, AK 99827
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.