Fairbanks North Star Borough is named for Charles W Fairbanks, who was a senator from Indiana, and North Star is the northern pole star.
Created: January 1, 1964
Borough Seat:
Fairbanks 1964 – present
Borough Courthouse – Fairbanks
Location: 101 Lacey Street / 1st Avenue
Built: 1999 – 2001
Style: Modern
Architect: Charles Bettsworth & Company and McCool Green Architects
Contractor: Alcan General, Inc.
Description: The building faces south and is a five story glass, steel and concrete structure. On the south side is a wide plaza with a high circular porch supported by concrete pillars. The walls of the building are glass and the roof line is flat. The building is named as the Rabinowitz Courthouse.
Courthouses:
N – Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
E – Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
S – Southeast Fairbanks Borough and Denali Borough
W – Yukon-Koyukuk Borough