#1 - The first St. Patricks Catholic Church was constructed on North Gold Street where the Open Cut would eventually advance. Built ca.1879, and demolished when the first Siever St . church was constructed ca. 1890.. One of Lead's earliest citizens, P.A. Gushurst was the first to be married in the church.
#2 - Miners Union Hall & Opera House on the NW corner of Main and Bleeker. Built in 1880 and burned in the disastrous fire of March 1900. The Hearst Free Library was located here until moving to the Hearst Mercantile Building on N. Mill in 1896. Over the years the main floor was generally rented to various businesses.
#3 - Lead City Bank (First National Bank) 1883 to 1903 when it was replaced by a much larger building.
#4 - Homestake engineering offices and T. J. Grier residence until the newer structure was constructed on Nob Hill in 1895.
#5 - Nob Hill
#6 - Giant & Old Abe Hoist
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J. C. H. Grabill photo; Library of Congress. Information thanks to Don Toms
Sharing my extensive collection of POSTCARDS, HISTORIC PHOTOS and PERSONAL PHOTOS. I have a broad knowlege of local history stored away in the dusty reachs of my mind, my library and file cabinets. Also included will be some scribble about my collections that have been somewhat an obsession over the years
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