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Help Save Goldfield's Historic Buildings

1907 Goldfield High School

1907 Ish-Curtis Building

The High School and Ish-Curtis Building are two of the most significant buildings to have survived the devastating Goldfield Fires of 1923-24, when most of the business district was destroyed.  Their restoration will play an important role in interpreting Goldfield's history while also supporting its cultural values and resources.    

As such, their reuse will benefit the visitor and community alike.  Plans for the High School include a museum and arts center. Plans for the High School include a museum and arts center. Plans for the Ish-Curtis Building include event center and Community Theater.

The Goldfield Historical Society has recently been granted $296,000 by the National Park Service under the “Save America’s Treasures Program” (SAT) to begin the restoration of these key buildings.  This initial phase will involve structural assessment/evaluation, stabilization and protection.   Both of these buildings are in jeopardy of catastrophic failure.  Their loss would be a major blow to our plans for the restoration and reuse of significant buildings in the Goldfield National Historic District.  The SAT grant is a matching funds grant.  This means that the U.S. Government will match every dollar that we raise, dollar-for-dollar, up to $296,000.  They will also match in-kind donations of labor, equipment and materials.  With these funds we can take a big step toward the restoration of Historic Goldfield, “The World’s Greatest Gold Camp”.

Please send all donations to:

  The Goldfield Historical Society
  P.O. Box 393
  Goldfield, Nevada 89013

Thank you. 

The Goldfield Historical Society is a tax-exempt organization under IRS Code Section 501(c)3 as well as a tax-exempt under Nevada State Law. (Gifts to the Goldfield Historical Society are deductible to the extent allowable by law, Tax Id. #88-0192171)