Goldfield, Goldfield Hotel (#1121)

The first time I stopped in Goldfield was apparently in December, 2004. The picture linked below (labeled ‘snow’) was taken from the north side of town, looking south. In that picture, the Goldfield Hotel is the long building on the right. I’ve stopped in Goldfield many times since, and it seems like just about every time there, there is the beginning of some effort to revive the hotel – there was on this trip.

The hotel was built in 1907, but like too much of mining towns in Nevada, the ore that had created the reason for the town, began to die out soon after the hotel was built. The hotel, like the town, managed to hang on for a number of years, including being a barracks during WWII for soldiers station in Tonopah (25 miles north); the hotel closed in 1945.

The ‘legends’ link below has a few pictures of the interior.

Links:
snow: www.flickr.com/photos/donbrr/1839167937
legends: www.legendsofamerica.com/nv-goldfieldhotel