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wharves. Passing up the street to the east
from the landing--at the right is the U.S.
cable office, occupying the site of the old
Russian fur warehouse. Next is the three-~
story building used for courthouse and jail,
formerly the Russian Barracks where the
Siberian Battalion was quartered. This is one
of the most prominent of the old buildings
which remain. In front of this is the stair-
way leading to the top of the hill on which
is situated the building of the Agricultural
Department, on the site of the former resi-
dence of the chief manager of the Russian
American Company. Around this hill were
the batteries of the Russians, commanding
the Kolosh village and the harbor. The for-
mer building was often called the Governor's
Mansion, or the Baranof Castle, was built
about 1837 and was destroyed by fire in 1894.
The hill commands a fine view of the harbor
and the surrounding islands. The present
structure is the headquarters of the Alaska
division of the Agricultural Department.
Opposite the stairway to the hill is the way
leading to the "Ranche;" the open square
was the former parade ground of the Army,
and later of the IT. S. Marines from the Man-~
of-War which was stationed here. East of
the old barracks building is the former count-
ing house of the Company, now occupied as

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