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The hotel was pre-dated by the Mizpah Saloon, which opened in 1907, and was the first permanent structure in Tonopah. [5] [6] The hotel was financed by George Wingfield, George S. Nixon, Cal Brougher and Bob Govan and designed by George E. Holesworth of Reno, Nevada [5] (other sources state that the architect was Morrill J. Curtis). Brougher in ...
Tonopah (/ ˈ t oʊ n ə ˌ p ɑː / TOHN-ə-pah, Shoshoni language: Tonampaa) [4] is an unincorporated town [5] in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. [6] Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, [1] it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel.
Contents: List of Registered Historic Places in Nye County, Nevada, USA: The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
In 1908, the Nevada Club Saloon opened in the building; it was joined by the First National Bank of Nevada later in the year. [3] The five-story building and the nearby Mizpah Hotel, also five stories, were the tallest buildings in the state until 1927. [4] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1982. [1]
The Clown Motel is a clown-themed motel along north Main Street in Tonopah, Nevada, which has been referred to as "America's scariest motel". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building is located adjacent to the historic Tonopah Cemetery, where the father of the original owners is buried.
The Jim Butler Mining Company Stone Row Houses are a pair of stone duplex houses located at 314 Everett Ave. in Tonopah, Nevada, United States. The Jim Butler Mining Company built the houses on its mining grounds in 1904 to house its workers. The houses feature stone walls and pyramid-shaped roofs; each home has two rooms on each side.
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The Campbell and Kelly Building, at Corona and Main Sts. in Tonopah, Nevada, is a historic building built c. 1912.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.