Historical Markers of Lander County
 

  • HM 8 - Austin
  • HM 59 - Stokes Castle
  • HM 66 - Jacobsville
  • HM 67 - Austin Churches
  • HM 95 - Battle Mountain
  • HM 119 - Reul Colt Gridley (Citizen Extraordinaire)
  • HM 136 - Toquima Cave
  • HM 137 - Hickison Summit
  • HM 176 - The Surveyors
  • HM 208 - International Hotel (First Commercial Building Constructed in Austin - 1863)
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  • International Hotel

    Location: Western Lander County, Austin
    Directions: Along (Main Street) US 50 at the International Hotel

    N39° 29' 37.1"   W117° 04' 21.1"

    Location: 1
    Visibility: 4
    Accessibility: 2
    Marker type: St (Mini)
       

    Date Conquered: 6/20/08
    Quick Description: A marker honoring one of Nevada's oldest saloon and hotels.
    Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed.

    In case you're wondering about the "5", the International Hotel is the fifth stop on an historic walk through Austin. To see Austin in all of its glory, visitors can grab a self-guided tour book at the Courthouse building.

    Full Description:
    Exact description as reads ...

    Built of lumber from the first International Hotel constructed in Virginia City.

    David E. Buel built the hotel after being refused a free lot in Clifton at the mouth of the canyon below.

    Buel, Frederick Baker, W.C. Harrington and John E. Veatch located and recorded the original townsite of Austin.

    "The Hotel" is definitely resembling of a Virginia City building.

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