Where the city's adobe stands
Three houses to start with
If you read only three entries before walking Tonopah, read these — the highest-tier landmarks in the catalog and the foundation for everything else.
NV-T-001 · NRHP The Combellack Adobe Row House on Central Street in Tonopah, Nevada, is one of the surviving vernacular adobe buildings from the silver boom that transformed the central Nevada town in the first decade of the twentieth…
NV-T-002 · NRHP The Shaw, Cal, Adobe Duplex at 129 Central Street in Tonopah, Nevada, is one of the surviving vernacular adobe buildings from the silver boom that reshaped the central Nevada town in the years following Jim Butler's…
Tonopah's adobe character
Tonopah holds 2 documented adobe properties in the catalog. All 2 entries belong to the vernacular adobe tradition.
Registry status: 2 National Register listings.
Entries in this catalog
- Combellack Adobe Row House — vernacular adobe; private residence (NRHP).
- Shaw, Cal, Adobe Duplex — vernacular adobe; private residence (NRHP).
Suggested walking tour
A route through the documented adobe of Tonopah — 2 stops, measured at a researcher's unhurried pace.
A field tour of Tonopah
Stops chosen from the catalog and ordered to make a coherent walk. Each stop links to the full catalog entry — addresses, dates, and photographs.
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Combellack Adobe Row House
Central St.The Combellack Adobe Row House on Central Street in Tonopah, Nevada, is one of the surviving vernacular adobe buildings from the silver boom that transformed the central Nevada town in the first decade of the twentieth century. After Jim Butler's 1900 silver…
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Shaw, Cal, Adobe Duplex
129 CentralThe Shaw, Cal, Adobe Duplex at 129 Central Street in Tonopah, Nevada, is one of the surviving vernacular adobe buildings from the silver boom that reshaped the central Nevada town in the years following Jim Butler's 1900 discovery. As the population of…
All 2 entries in Tonopah
Documented properties in Tonopah, listed alphabetically. Each plate carries the entry's reference number, registry status, address, and date of construction.
Nearby cities
Other adobe centers within reach of Tonopah. Each links to its own chapter of the Atlas.