Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot
Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot Overview
This is the first railroad building to be constructed in Hawthorne.
It is the remnant of the narrow-gauge Carson and Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House, near Virginia City in 1881.
In later years, this building served as a general store, a bar and restaurant with a bingo parlor, and a banquet hall, until acquired by the Hawthorne Elks Lodge in 1946.
Category
Railroad
Marker Type
On building
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Carson and Colorado Railroad Freight Depot is Nevada Historical Marker #237.
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County
GPS Coordinates
38.524330, -118.623862
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
This is the first railroad building to be constructed in Hawthorne. It is the remnant of the narrow-gauge Carson and Colorado Railroad built south from Mound House, near Virginia City in 1881. Railroad officials laid out the town in the desert and the first lots were auctioned off on April 14, 1881. The line was subsequently extended into Owens Valley, California, with rail service to Hawthorne coming to an end when the town was bypassed in 1905. In later years, this building served as the general store of J. E. Adams and Senator John H. Miller, a bar and restaurant with a bingo parlor, and a banquet hall, until acquired by the Hawthorne Elks Lodge in 1946.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 237
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
HAWTHORNE LODGE NO. 1704
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF THE ELKS