The Sitka International Hostel
Offers Comfortable
Accommodations In An Historic
Setting
Nearly 100 years old, Tillie
Paul Manor (home to the Sitka
International Hostel) served
long and
colorfully as the infirmary for
Sheldon Jackson College. Tillie
Paul Manor was committed to
survive as Sitka's Community
Hospital in the years following
World War II.
Once a modern replacement
hospital was constructed near
Moller Park to serve the needs
of the growing community in the
1950s, Tillie Paul Manor was
variously used for Sheldon
Jackson College staff housing
and as bachelor officers'
quarters for the US Coast Guard.
In 2005 Sitka Sentinel
publishers Thad and Sandy
Poulson purchased Tillie Paul
Manor and commenced to restore
the structure to its early 20th
century appearance. The Sitka
International Hostel began
operations at Tillie Paul Manor
in 2010.
Hostelling In Sitka Has A
Distinguished History
For more than 25 years the Sitka
International Hostel has
provided clean, safe
accommodations for budget
travelers. Originally located in
seasonally unused portions of
local churches, the Sitka
International Hostel operated as
a "summers only" facility for
most of its existence. The Sitka
International Hostel is a
non-profit entity supported
entirely by operating revenues.
Your patronage of the Sitka
International Hostel helps to
insure that inexpensive
accommodations are available in
Sitka for future generations of
hostellers.
Affiliated with the Alaska
Hostel Association, the Sitka
International Hostel features 23
beds located in five single
gender dorm rooms and one double
room. Visitors
should expect a traditional
hostelling experience at the
Sitka International Hostel,
including: single gender shared
bath facilities; communal
kitchen and dining facilities;
lights out (and outer doors
locked) at 11:00 pm; an
environment free from smoking,
drinking and drugs; and
hosteller
"chores" each day to help keep
the facility clean while
minimizing hostel operating
expenses.
The Sitka International Hostel
Is Convenient To Virtually All
Local Attractions
Located near the corner of
Lincoln and Jeff Davis Streets,
the Sitka International Hostel
is approximately 4 blocks from
the downtown core of Sitka. It
is also directly across the
Sheldon Jackson College campus
from the Sheldon Jackson Museum
(the ethnographic unit of the
Alaska State Museum), the Sitka
National Historical Park and the
Alaska Raptor Center. A grocery
store can be found approximately
3 blocks away and 2 public
laundry facilities are available
within easy walking distance of
the Sitka International Hostel.
Sitka features reasonably priced
Monday through Friday bus
service throughout the downtown
area.
