Downtown Fairbanks

It's hard to imagine that nearly all of downtown Fairbanks was, in the not-too-distant past, an area of mostly open and agricultural land with miner shacks and only a few houses peppering the landscape.

I have heard it said that Fairbanks does not have a lot of history, and in some regards that is true. You certainly won't find any Victorian era homes lining our streets. In fact, you won't find many of the original townsite structures standing at all. As usual, Fairbanks residents did things our own way. The town was once burned down and rebuilt in only a year! We had brothels, prohibition, a constitution.....we really squeezed a lot of history and transformation into a relatively brief period of time. Fairbanks has always been a place of change, and these days sunny downtown is a center of culture and activity, a perfect place for a stroll near the river, a fabulous glass of wine, an afternoon in the park, and above all, a perfect place to live!

I recently listed a home that sits right in the heart of Downtown Fairbanks. It is fully modern with new plumbing, electric, sheetrock, carpet, paint, roof, and much more. It also sits on the historic site of one of the longest held family homesteads around, which is part of the reason why it comes with three city lots and perennial plantings of cherry, lilac, lilies, raspberries, iris, delphinium, and one of the lushest lawns I have seen. It also features a beautiful cedar lines Asian inspired sunroom, a bright and sunny living room, a huge well laid-out kitchen, a full basement, alley access, garage, and more! The basement is 90% complete and could easily be made into a duplex, but at $216,000 your payments could be so affordable that you may not even want to collect rent!

Click HERE for more information and pictures, or call April Frick with Somers and Associates Realtors at 460-2310 or 456-SOLD.