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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECF_jensen-schacht-house_Gardnerville-NV.html
The Jensen Family emigrated from Denmark in the late Nineteenth Century. As Gardnerville grew, Arendt Jensen, Sr. took advantage of the growing economy becoming a successful businessman and banker. The Jensen Family's merchandise store was loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBJ_arendt-jensen-home_Gardnerville-NV.html
The Arendt Jensen, Jr. House is a 1-1/2 story bungalow style home and stands near the Arendt Jensen Mansion, the first and largest home built by the Jensen Family. Completed in 1932, the home was built for Arendt Jensen, Jr. and his wife Minnie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAN_adaven-building_Gardnerville-NV.html
Originally the site of the I.O.O.F. hall built by Baptiste Borda at the turn of the 19th Century. The Adaven Building has been a merchandise store, soda fountain, restaurant, and hotel. The Adaven Building also had a post office for a period of ti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME9S_perrys-dry-goods_Gardnerville-NV.html
This building has been used for many commercial purposes dating back to the late 1800's and early 1900's. The single story rear portion of the building is thought to be the original home of John and Mary Gardner, the Town's namesake. Ollie Haugner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME7S_jensen-mansion_Gardnerville-NV.html
Arendt Jensen had this beautiful mansion constructed for his family in 1910. Mr. Jensen owned a general store in Gardnerville that became very prosperous. He later established the first bank in the Carson Valley, the Douglas County Farmer's Bank. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5Q_arendt-jensen-merchandise_Gardnerville-NV.html
Vernacular with neoclassical elements style Arendt Jensen built this general merchandise store in the early 1900's. On the store shelves shoppers could find a wide variety of everyday necessities and supplies from clothing to agricultural tools…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME59_sharkeys-nugget_Gardnerville-NV.html
The "Corner Saloon" was constructed on this site in the late 1890's. Adjacent uses on and near this site came to include a drug store, blacksmith shop, and mortuary. C.M. Krummes operated the blacksmith shop and mortuary, and served as the first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4E_gardnerville-branch-jail_Gardnerville-NV.html
Constructed by Douglas County on land donated by the East Fork Township's Fourth Justice of the Peace, Mr. L.S. Ezell in 1910. The main jail in Genoa was destroyed by fire in 1910, and the Gardnerville Branch Jail was quickly placed in full servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABE_farmers-telephone-company_Gardnerville-NV.html
Built in the early 1900's and known at that time as the "Nevada Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company," onlyfive telephone lines were originally installed in Gardnerville. "Long Distance Connections Available" was printed in the Gardnervill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQ_fridays-added-station_Gardnerville-NV.html
(back) The Pony Express Started on April 3, 1860. The original route from Johnson Pass (Echo Summit) to Genoa went through Hope Valley to Woodfords Station. On May 14, 1860 the new toll road over Daggett Pass opened to foot and horse traffic an…
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