Beyond the Door

by Penny Meyers

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Beyond the Door

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Penny Meyers

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Photograph - Photography

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Priding itself as being “The Friendliest Town on the Loneliest Road” is Eureka, Nevada; located along U.S. Route 50 (known as the Loneliest Road in America) and perceived by many as one of the American West’s best-preserved mining communities. There are several fascinating buildings in town, but this one captured my eye with its many doors and no actual structure beyond the doors when viewed from the sidewalk.

Per the Eureka self-guiding tour at rainesmarket.com, this is the Foley-Rickard-Johnson-Remington Building This was the site of Eureka's first adobe house built by Abe Bateman. In 1879 M. D. Foley and Richard Rickard built this brick structure which was originally a two-story building. The cost when completed was approximately $28,000. The Remington, Johnson and Company hardware store was located in the northern portion of the present building in the 1880s and 1890s. A book store and stationery store, saloon, assay office, and wells Fargo Express Office used other portions of the first floor during this period. The upstairs was the Masonic and Odd Fellow's Hall. During the 1920s groceries were sold in the old Remington Store. The original iron columns remain today. The second story of the building was demolished in 1983 after earthquake damage.

Photo by Penny Meyers; August 2019; Eureka, Nevada, United States.

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September 2nd, 2019

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