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Alaska’s earliest building isn’t a gold rush saloon but a sturdy wooden warehouse turned residence, built around 1808. Initially serving as a Russian fur storage facility, Erskine House made of logs and filled with beaver pelts, later became the home of the Erskine family. Today, it’s preserved as the Baranov Museum, where visitors can feel immersed in early 19th-century Alaska history among hand-carved logs.