In 1918, a new wooden Orthodox chapel of Saint Alexander Nevsky was built in the city of Akutan, Alaska, replacing an older chapel constructed in 1878. Materials from the previous chapel were partially used in the construction of the new one. This structure, built by Russian emigrants, became the main church for the Russian Orthodox community in the trading port of Akutan. In 1980, the chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the attractions of the town, which has a population of less than a thousand people.

The only decoration on the exterior of the building is a tall cross with a dome rising from the center of the roof of the main part of the chapel, as well as a smaller cross placed at the eastern end of the porch. The porch is not standard for such chapels, but it does not look unusual. It rises to the level of the second floor and is only a couple of inches below the main structure. The main building of the chapel has three windows on the northern and eastern sides, while the porch has one window on each of these sides. The entrance is made in the form of a single-leaf door with strap hinges on the western side of the porch. There is also a second door on the northern side of the porch, to the left of the window. The only bell is hung on a horizontal rail just below the eaves on the northwest side of the chapel. Approximately in this location was a row of twelve bells at the first church of 1878.

The main relic of the chapel is the icon of Saint Innocent, painted in the late 19th century with oil paint on canvas measuring 92.1 x 64.8 cm. Although the author of the icon is unknown, the stylistic features indicate its Aleut origin, particularly the characteristic treeless landscape typical of the Aleutian Archipelago. The icon was restored in 1993.