Located on Front Street and is considered Nome's downtown main street also, the finish line for the world-famous Iditarod dog sled race. The historical building was built in 1956 under President Eisenhower's administration for the Federal government. The well built three-story concrete building commonly known as the Nome Federal Building sets on a fee simple piece of land that borders the BeringSea. Engineering and construction of the building with 8" & 10" concrete walls & floors, back up generator, redundant mechanical and electrical components was designed to withstand artic climate conditions. Each floor is approximately 9, 000 square feet with a building square footage total of 27, 500 that is mostly sprinkled and service with an elevator to each floor. Over the past 10-years the building has been repainted, new triple pain windows installed, updated LED lighting and many of the offices & common areas have been remodeled. The buildings 3-story elevator was upgraded in 2023 and the boiler system was upgraded with 4 New boilers in 2022.
