The Bergmann Hotel is a defunct hotel and bar located at 434 3rd Street in Juneau, Alaska. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was shut down by the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) in March 2017 due to serious health and safety problems at the locale, including cockroach and bedbug infestations, lack of basic utilities and plumbing, and other problems. When the hotel was ordered closed, the CBJ coordinated with the Salvation Army, and other social service agencies to help relocate the hotels tenants.
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Marie Bergmann and Early History of the Hotel
The hotel was constructed by Marie E. Bergmann to cater to local miners. According to a biography of the property and Ms. Bergmann maintained by the National Register of Historic Places, Ms. Bergmann settled in the Juneau area in 1896, after the death of her husband in Seattle.
A pioneer in pre-statehood Alaska, Bergmann was an established name in the Juneau hotel business of the period. Marie Bergmann began her professional life in Juneau by working in the hotel industry as well as nursing. Ms. Bergmann originally envisioned a larger, more opulent hotel--but without additional investors and financing she was forced to scale back her plans. The grand opening of the hotel occurred on December 16, 1913. Marie Bergmann died in 1918 of a reported brain hemorrhage.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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21st Century Use and Demise
Although listed as a hotel, the building served primarily as tenement housing, with most occupants renting rooms by the week or month. Rooms in the Bergmann did not contain kitchens, although some contained microwaves, refrigerators and sinks. Restroom, shower and laundry facilities were shared. The hotel has been owned since 2001 by James, Maureen and Camilla Barrett.
In 2004, the Bergmann reopened a bar on the premises, despite protests from local residents and police who objected to the license because of a reputation for alcohol-related incidents and other problems at the hotel. The bar closed in 2012.
The hotel was closed by order of the CBJ on March 10, 2017, after numerous health and safety issues raised by city officials were not addressed to the cities satisfaction.
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