Rhyolite Historic District

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Rhyolite Historic District is a preserved early-20th-century Nevada mining boomtown known for its striking ruins, including the Bottle House and remnants of once-prosperous gold-era buildings.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rhyolite Historic District canonical 1
Rhyolite Historic Townsite 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ghost town ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
mining town ⓘ
boomPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
constructionMaterialUsed bottle walls in Bottle House ⓘ
brick ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
stone ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateListedOnNRHP 1974-10-06 ⓘ
declineCause exhaustion of ore ⓘ
falling gold prices ⓘ
financial panic of 1907 ⓘ
foundedAsTown 1905 ⓘ
governingBody Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasPart Bottle House ⓘ
Cook Bank Building ruins ⓘ
general store ruins ⓘ
jail ruins ⓘ
mine-related structures ⓘ
railroad grade remnants ⓘ
residential ruins ⓘ
schoolhouse ruins ⓘ
train depot ⓘ
locatedIn Amargosa Desert ⓘ
Bullfrog Hills ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Nye County, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Nye County
locatedNear Beatty, Nevada ⓘ
Death Valley National Park ⓘ
locatedOn State Route 374 ⓘ
namedAfter rhyolite (volcanic rock) ⓘ
notableBuilding Bottle House ⓘ
Cook Bank Building ⓘ
Rhyolite schoolhouse ⓘ
Rhyolite train depot ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 74001144 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Bullfrog Mining District ⓘ
peakPopulationApproximate 5000 ⓘ
periodOfSignificanceEnd 1911 ⓘ
periodOfSignificanceStart 1905 ⓘ
primaryResourceType gold mining town ⓘ
primaryTheme mining history ⓘ
status abandoned town ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
tourismActivity ghost town visitation ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beatty Historic Mining District → associatedWith → Rhyolite Historic District ⓘ
Goldwell Open Air Museum → nearbySite → Rhyolite Historic Townsite ⓘ
linked to: Rhyolite Historic District