The old ANMC facility , built in 1953 as a tuberculosis sanitarium , was seriously damaged in the 1964 Alaska earthquake , and had been slated for replacement for many years . The five-year construction project for its relocation culminated on June 2 , 1997 , in a one-day move of all programs , patients and departments from the old facility in downtown Anchorage to the new building six miles away
1964 Alaska earthquake
1964 Alaska earthquake
Alaska Native Medical Center