Carson and Colorado R.R. Freight Depot (former) - Hawthorne, NV - Train Stations/Depots on Waymarking.com

Monumented in front of the current Elks Lodge is an official Nevada historical marker that provides some history of this building and reads:

Carson and Colorado
R.R. Freight Depot

This building 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

Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Elk Lodge No 1704 What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Not listed Station/Depot Web Site: Not listed

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