National Register of Historic Places - Nevada (NV), White Pine County

White Pine County Nevada has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Ruby, Baker Ranger Station, Fort Schellbourne, Fort Schellbourne (Boundary Increase) and Johnson Lake Mine Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include 19th Century Industrial and Western Pluvial Lakes Trad. dating back to 8999 BC.

The famous person Mark L. Requa is associated with one of more of the White Pine County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the White Pine County places including California Vol. 3rd Infantry, CCC, USFS, Frederick Hale, Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, Nevada Consolidated Copper Co., Percy W. Hull, Louis A. Simon, Joseph Van Carlos Young and Percy and Warren Hull. Prominent architectural styles found in White Pine Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Mission/Spanish Revival.

American Legion Hall (added 1994 - - #94001404)

24 Fourth St. , McGill

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Social

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Baker Ranger Station (added 1995 - - #95001224)

Also known as Baker Guard Station;Baker Administrative Site

Great Basin National Park , Baker

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

CCC, USFS

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Institutional Housing

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Capital Theater (added 1993 - - #93000692)

460 Aultman St. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hull, Percy W., Fleming, C.O.

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Central Theater (added 1993 - - #93000691)

145 W. 15th Ave. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hull, Percy and Warren

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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East Ely Depot (added 1984 - - #84002082)

Also known as Nevada Northern Railway Company East Ely Depot Building, East Ely Yards

11th St. , East Ely

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

More Information:

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Ely City Hall and Fire Station (added 2018 - - #100002071)

501 Mill Street, Ely

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival, Neo Classical

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1928-1967 AD

Ely L. D. S. Stake Tabernacle (added 1993 - - #93000685)

Also known as Centennial Fine Arts Center;White Pine Community Association

900 Aultman St. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Young, Joseph Van Carlos

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Other-Ethnic

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium

More Information:

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Fort Ruby (added 1966 - - #66000460)

Also known as Camp Ruby

Near Hobson on W side of Ruby Lake , Hobson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

3rd Infantry,California Vol.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Fort Schellbourne (added 1972 - - #72000768)

Also known as Schellbourne;See Also:Fort Schellbourne Boundary Increase

43 mi. N of Ely off U.S. 93 on NV 2 , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, Military, Communications

Cultural Affiliation:

19th Century Industrial

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Camp

More Information:

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Fort Schellbourne (Boundary Increase) (added 1977 - - #77001544)

Also known as See Also*Fort Schellbourne

N of Ely off US93 , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Agriculture, Commerce, Military, Prehistoric, Communications

Cultural Affiliation:

19th Century Industrial

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Extractive Facility, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Camp

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Johnson Lake Mine Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001225)

Also known as 26WP2019

Great Basin National Park , Baker

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Industry, Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Extractive Facility, Processing Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

More Information:

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Lehman Orchard and Aqueduct (added 1975 - - #75000181)

Also known as No. 22

Lehman Caves National Monument , Baker

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Water Works

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

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McGill Drug Store (added 1998 - - #97001301)

11 4th St. , McGill

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Commerce, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Medical Business/Office

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Nevada Northern Railway East Ely Yards and Shops (added 1993 - - #93000693)

Also known as Nevada Northern Railway Museum;See Also:East Ely Depot

1100 Avenue A (P.O. Box 150040) , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hale, Frederick

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Historic Person:

Requa, Mark L.

Significant Year:

1908, 1917, 1905

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Rail-Related

More Information:

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Nevada Northern Railway--McGill Depot (added 2015 - - #15000010)

McGill, McGill

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1949 AD

Osceola (East) Ditch (added 1996 - - #96000584)

Starting .5 mi. E of Grouse Canyon and running approximately 18 mi. SE to Lehman Cr., Great Basin National Park , Baker

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Rhodes Cabin (added 1975 - - #75000180)

Also known as No. 19

Lehman Caves National Monument , Baker

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

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Sunshine Locality (added 1978 - - #78001731)

Address Restricted , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Western Pluvial Lakes Trad.

Period of Significance:

8500-8999 BC, 8000-8499 BC, 7500-7999 BC, 7000-7499 BC, 6500-6999 BC, 6000-6499 BC, 5500-5999 BC, 5000-5499 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Conservation Area

US Post Office, Ely, Nevada (added 2005 - - #05001122)

Also known as Ely Post Office

415 Fifth St. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Simon, Louis A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Work In Progress

More Information:

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Ward Charcoal Ovens (added 1971 - - #71000491)

S of Ely off U.S. 6 , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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White Pine County Courthouse (added 1986 - - #86001958)

Campton St. , Ely

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Beardslee,George T.

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

More Information:

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