George A. Bartlett House, Historic residential building in Tonopah, United States.
The George A. Bartlett House is a residential building in Tonopah featuring an asymmetrical layout with shingle style architecture and a rubblestone foundation. It stands on Mount Brougher and is documented as a historic structure.
The house was built in 1907 and initially belonged to George A. Bartlett before the financial crisis of that year forced him to sell. Economic hardship in the early 1900s directly shaped the property's ownership changes.
The house takes its second name, the Old Knights of Columbus Hall, from its later use as a meeting hall for the Catholic fraternal order. The building was abandoned after that period, and renovation began in 2008 to restore it as a bed and breakfast.
The house stands on a height on Mount Brougher overlooking Tonopah, so it is seen from the streets below rather than at close range. Renovation began in 2008 to restore it for use as a bed and breakfast, so the building is not open as a ruin or empty shell. Look up from town for the crossing main gables and three smaller gables on the roof.
The building displays shingle style architecture more typical of the northeastern United States but rarely seen in Nevada. This unusual regional choice reflects how the prospering mining town could afford such construction methods.
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