KENI Radio Building, Art Moderne radio building in Anchorage, United States

The KENI Radio Building is a two-story reinforced concrete building in the Art Moderne style, designed by architect Augustine A. Porreca and completed in 1948. It held KENI AM, the second radio station in Anchorage, along with three apartments. Cap Lathrop owned it; he had worked with Porreca on his Fourth Avenue Theatre.

The building was completed in 1948 and designed by architect Augustine A. Porreca as the second radio station to operate in Anchorage. After decades of broadcasting, it was converted to residential use in the late 1990s.

The building shows how radio stations served as central places for news and entertainment in Alaska, connecting residents across distant parts of the state. It represents a time when such facilities were the heart of how people stayed informed.

The building stands at 1777 Forest Park Drive, in a residential part of Anchorage near Westchester Lagoon, and is reached by car. It has been a private residence since Gregory Carr bought it in the late 1990s, so visitors can look at the exterior only and cannot go inside.

The building was one of the few structures of its era to combine residential and commercial spaces under one roof, making it an unusual hybrid design for the time. This arrangement allowed operators and residents to live in close proximity to the broadcasting facility.