State Bank and Trust Company Building

State Bank and Trust Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
State Bank and Trust Company Building (left)
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Location	102 Brougher, Tonopah, Nevada
Coordinates	38.06791°N 117.23127°W / 38.06791; -117.23127
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906 (1906)
Architect	Holesworth, George E.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Tonopah MRA
NRHP reference No.	82003247[1]
Added to NRHP	May 20, 1982

The State Bank and Trust Company Building, more commonly known as the Belvada,[2] is a historic bank building located at 102 Brougher Avenue in Tonopah, Nevada. The building was constructed in 1906 for the State Bank and Trust Company, a local bank founded in 1902. Architect George E. Holesworth designed the building in the Classical Revival style. Holesworth's design features granite pilasters separating the building's bays, a dentillated metil cornice with modillions along the roof, and an egg-and-dart cornice at the top of the first floor. The bank moved into the building in June 1907, but it only occupied it for four months. The bank had lent the L.M. Sullivan Trust Company, a land speculating company, a large sum, and when the company failed, the bank did as well. In 1908, the Nevada Club Saloon opened in the building; it was joined by the First National Bank of Nevada later in the year.[3] The five-story building and the nearby Mizpah Hotel, also five stories, were the tallest buildings in the state until 1927.[4]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1982.[1] The Belvada served as an apartment building in the 1980s, but was eventually closed.[5]

As of 2018, the Belvada was owned by the Cline family, which was working to renovate the building. The Clines also owned the Mitzpah Hotel, which they renovated as well.[6] The Belvada was stripped of its interior and rebuilt,[5] eventually reopening as the Belvada Hotel on December 28, 2020.[7][8]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Nye County Agenda". Nye County, Nevada. April 18, 2006. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
3. Janus Associates (September 1980). "Nye County Historic Property Survey: State Bank and Trust Company Building". Retrieved July 17, 2013.
4. Bryan, Eric (March 2012). "Ferris and His Big Wheel". Nevada Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
5. Hebrock, Robin (September 25, 2020). "Tonopah's Belvada Hotel nearing grand opening". Pahrump Valley Times. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
6. Glionna, John M. (October 30, 2018). "Entrepreneur with roots in Tonopah restoring historic Belvada". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
7. Knapp Rinella, Heidi (March 14, 2021). "Restoration & relaxation". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
8. Havenner, Nathan (March 7, 2021). "Tonopah: one of Nevada's great gold camps". Elko Daily Free Press. Retrieved March 14, 2021.