The second set is from the Bishop’s House in Sitka, dating to about the same time period.  It was built about 200 yards from St. Michael’s.  St. Innocent was the first Bishop to live there . . . from 1843 until 1856.  The residence was just recently renovated by the National Park Service and opened to the public.  The first floor is exhibits and posters with information about the house and Russian Orthodoxy, with background on the Russian fur traders and conversion of the native Alaskans to Orthodoxy. The second floor is only open to guided tours and includes St. Innocent’s bedroom, office, and a chapel.  St. Innocent was not only known for his translation of the Bible into the Aleut and Tlingit languages, but also for his extraordinary skill as a woodworker and clock maker.  A desk and clock he made are on display.

The red crosses high on the walls of the chapel were all hand-painted by St. Innocent and left as is (not restored by the Park Service).