Austin City Hall - Austin, Nevada
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N 39° 29.553 W 117° 04.298
11S E 493840 N 4371440
The old Austin City Hall.
Waymark Code: WMVEA4
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2017
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The old Austin City Hall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 2003. The following information comes from National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (
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The old Austin City Hall is located at 90 South St. in Austin, Nevada. The was built in 1866 soon after the prosperous silver-mining community of Austin was incorporated as a city. The northeast-facing building is built into the steep south slope of the canyon at the corner of South and Virginia streets. The two-story American-bond brick building has a granite foundation, a metal-sheathed front-gable roof, barred jail vents, barred vents for a former basement jail, a two-story metal-sided frame side addition built ca. 1904, and an upper-level frame rear addition (also ca. 1904) rebuilt in the late twentieth century. L. Richardson was the building's contractor and local carpenters Pearce & Culbertson erected the flagpole. In 1904 the building was acquired by the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization, which added an enclosed stair and a dressing room with grained closet doors. The American Legion purchased the building in 1947 and it now serves as meeting space for the American Legion and the VFW.