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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAN_adaven-building_Gardnerville-NV.html
Originally the site of the I.O.O.F. hall built by Baptiste Borda at the turn of the 19th Century. The Adaven Building has been a merchandise store, soda fountain, restaurant, and hotel. The Adaven Building also had a post office for a period of ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME9S_perrys-dry-goods_Gardnerville-NV.html
This building has been used for many commercial purposes dating back to the late 1800's and early 1900's. The single story rear portion of the building is thought to be the original home of John and Mary Gardner, the Town's namesake. Ollie Haugner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME7S_jensen-mansion_Gardnerville-NV.html
Arendt Jensen had this beautiful mansion constructed for his family in 1910. Mr. Jensen owned a general store in Gardnerville that became very prosperous. He later established the first bank in the Carson Valley, the Douglas County Farmer's Bank. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5Q_arendt-jensen-merchandise_Gardnerville-NV.html
Vernacular with neoclassical elements style
Arendt Jensen built this general merchandise store in the early 1900's. On the store shelves shoppers could find a wide variety of everyday necessities and supplies from clothing to agricultural tools…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME59_sharkeys-nugget_Gardnerville-NV.html
The "Corner Saloon" was constructed on this site in the late 1890's. Adjacent uses on and near this site came to include a drug store, blacksmith shop, and mortuary. C.M. Krummes operated the blacksmith shop and mortuary, and served as the first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4E_gardnerville-branch-jail_Gardnerville-NV.html
Constructed by Douglas County on land donated by the East Fork Township's Fourth Justice of the Peace, Mr. L.S. Ezell in 1910. The main jail in Genoa was destroyed by fire in 1910, and the Gardnerville Branch Jail was quickly placed in full servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME26_sheridan_Gardnerville-NV.html
In 1861, a blacksmith shop, a store, a boarding house, and two saloons comprised the village of Sheridan. The village had grown up around Moses Job's General Store, established prior to 1855.
The Surveyor General, in his 1889-90 biennial report…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0N_genoa-church_Genoa-NV.html
Built by volunteers to replace the church destroyed in the Terrible Fire of 1910, this pioneer refuge served the town for town meetings as well as church services for many years. The bell tower and porch were added in 1978 by volunteers.Genoa Hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUP_glenbrook_Glenbrook-NV.html
Lumbering operations in the Glenbrook area of Lake Tahoe began in 1861. Consolidation of V-Flume systems in and near Clear Creek Canyon by 1872 made it possible to float lumber, cordwood, and sawed material from Spooner's Summit to Carson City and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRP_minden-park_Minden-NV.html
Built in 1906. the park became the "town square" for the first residential section of Minden. The first bandstand, a rectangular structure, was built in 1914. The present bandstand was built by the Minden Rotary Club in 1984 and dedicated to Wilto…