Jarbidge Community Hall
Elko County, Elko County, Nevada
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Jarbidge Community Hall. Gold discoveries by Dave Bourne in 1909 created the town of Jarbidge.With 1,500 population in Jarbidge Canyon by 1910, citizens built this pioneer-type community hail with a “floating” maple floor. Support from the Nevada Commission for Cultural Affairs and the community funded the restoration of the building.STATE HISTORIC
Erected by Jarbidge Commercial Hall Fund And Improvement Club
The Story
Dave Bourne's gold discovery in 1909 gave rise to the town of Jarbidge, and within a year some 1,500 people crowded its steep canyon. The community built this pioneer-style hall, famous for its "floating" maple dance floor, as a gathering place for the boomtown. Long after the rush faded, support from the Nevada Commission for Cultural Affairs and local residents funded the building's restoration, keeping a piece of the mining frontier standing.
Why it matters
The hall preserves the social heart of a remote gold camp, a reminder that Nevada's mining towns were not just workplaces but communities that danced, gathered, and endured.
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