The wood building burned to the ground in June 1902.
It was a small wood building that served the congregation for 45 years.
During the 1920s, fire destroyed almost all of the wood buildings in the center of town.
The carpenter worked with local Yupik to build a wood building, the first they had ever seen.
Even with these vulnerabilities, wood buildings can survive a long time.
Dinner Station has started with a wood building in the 1860s.
The critics fear that fire could destroy the wood building if it is used for lodging.
The first was a small wood framed building, which burned down in the 1850s.
The old wood building was located on the north side of the compound, far from the guest house.
Several members of the family, including a 4-year-old, were trapped in the wood building and had to be rescued by firefighters.