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Six Decades Ago: Fire Destroys Downtown Sitka

Posted 1/5/26

Sixty years ago the center of Sitka was a wasteland of smoldering ruins.

On Sunday, January 2, 1966, St. Michael’s Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church and buildings housing 17 businesses and more than 50 apartments and rental units in downtown Sitka...

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