Kenai Peninsula is named for the local Dena’ina (Tanaina) word ‘ken’ or ‘kena’, which means ‘flat, meadow, open area with few trees and low ridge’.
Surrounding Courthouses:
N – Mantanuska-Susitina and Anchorage
E – Chugach
S – Pacific Ocean
W – Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula and Bethel
Incorporated: May 10, 1960
Borough: Kenai Peninsula
Borough Sea: Kenai
Courthouse – Kenai
Location: 125 Trading Bay Road / Main Loup Street
Built: Unknown
Style: Modern
Architect: Unknown
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces south and is a two story yellow colored sliding and concrete structure. The building is located in the center of Kenai. The building has a rectangular two story center section with a one story section on the west side. The roof line is flat. The building houses the Superior Court of the 3rd Judicial District and the District Court.
Courthouse – Homer
Location: 3670 Lake Street / Ben Walters Lane
Built: Unknown
Style: Modern
Architect: Unknown
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces west and is a one story brown colored sliding and concrete structure. The rectangular shaped building is located in the center of Homer in Building A. The building has a hipped roof. The building houses the Superior Court of the 3rd Judicial District and the District Court.
Courthouse – Seward
Location: 410 Adams Street / 5th Avenue
Built: Unknown
Style: Modern
Architect: Unknown
Contractor: Unknown
Description: The building faces east and is a two story buff colored sliding and concrete structure. The building is located in the center of Seward. The roof line is flat. The building is the City Hall and houses the Superior Court of the 3rd Judicial District.
See: The 3rd Judicial District includes Aleutians East, Aleutians West, Anchorage, Bristol Bay, Chugach, Copper River, Dillingham, Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula and Mantanuska-Susitina