One Stop on the Loneliest Road

The historic buildings are the highlight of Eureka and there are many. Pick up a copy of the "Self-Guiding Tour of Eureka, Nevada" at one of the local businesses and enjoy an historical perspective of this cool old mining town.

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You'll need a car to get there, but once you arrive you can easily enjoy most of the town on foot.

The Jackson House Hotel is a cool old brick building, built in 1877. The building was gutted in the fire of 1880 but was rebuilt and operated until the 1890s. At that time it was advertised as the only fireproof hotel in Nevada. In 1907 it was called the Brown Hotel and operated under that name for some time. After a long vacancy, in 1981 it was restored as an historical building and took back the original name of Jackson Hotel. There are seven hotel rooms available. The bar can be quite lively.

This neat old historical building is the town's major grocery store. Inside you'll still see old wood floors and high ceilings. It's packed with grocery items, toys, cards, stationery, postcards, a bit of camping and fishing gear, and tools. Two old buildings are used as Raine's Market. The southern part survived the fire in 1879 and was originally F.J. Schneider's Drugstore. This part of the building has spent its life as a restaurant, shoe store, saloon and assay office. In the 1940s is became the Kitchen Brothers Market. The Northern part of the building was a saloon and also survived the 1879 fire. In addition to a saloon it was also a wholesale liquor warehouse, a men's clothing store, and a notions store. From the 1940s to the 1960s it served as the Eureka Drug and Fountain. Be sure to not eht original pressed tin ceiling in this part of the building.

On the west side of Eureka, in Graveyard Flat, there are five cemeteries. During the 1880s the area was know as Death Valley. To get there drive west past the courthouse, up Ruby Hill Avenue. The first one on the southside of the road is the Catholic cemeterey. The next is for the Masonics. Across the road to the north are the County and City Cemeteries. Eureka also had Chinese and Jewish cemeteries but there's hardly anything left of those graves. Most of the cemeteries are still being used today.

The church was Eureka's first permanent church and was built in 1872 for the miners who came from England. The building is made from hand-cut local volcanic stone. Regular services were held from 1893 until the church was closed in 1907. Today church services are again held on regular basis.