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Rhodes Cabin

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Built
  
1928

Opened
  
1928

Added to NRHP
  
25 February 1975

NRHP Reference #
  
75000180

Area
  
4,047 m²

Nearest city
  
Baker

Rhodes Cabin

Similar
  
Baker Archaeological Site, Wheeler Peak, Capital Theater, White Pine County Courthouse, Great Basin National

The Rhodes Cabin was built in 1928 to accommodate tourists visiting what was then Lehman Caves National Monument, now Great Basin National Park. The cabin was one of several built by local contractor Charles Davis near the entrance to Lehman Caves for concessioners Clarence and Bea Rhodes. Rhodes built a number of structures in the area, including the "Pine Bowery" and the "Lehman Tea Room", as well as developing access within Lehman Cave.

The one room log cabin measures 19 by 11 feet (5.8 m × 3.4 m), with two doors, four windows and a dirt floor. The cabin is now part of an interpretative exhibit.

The state of Nevada paid Rhodes $15,000 for his facilities in 1932 and donated the property to the Park Service in 1933. During the 1930s the cabin was converted for housing for National Park Service employees. It is one of the last surviving structures of its era in the park.

References

Rhodes Cabin Wikipedia