Constructed the year following the great 1875 conflagration, the building had deteriorated in latter-days until all that remained was the front brick façade in 1969. During this year the site was purchased by the Virginia City Chapter of E Clampus Vitus with the intent of restoring the historic property and utilizing it as their lodge hall. For many years it had been referred to as The Moran Building, named for a local assayer and surveyor who retained the premises from 1905 until 1938.

List of Ownership

[Column 1:]

1876 - J.G. Harrington ? 1897 - Crosby Company ? 1903 - Fred & Frank Lentz ? 1904 - F.L. Langan

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1905 - W.T. Moran ? 1938 - Frank Lazzeri ? 1953 - D.E. Comeron ? 1954 - Knight of Pythias ?

1969 - Julia C. Bulette 1864, E.C.V.

Dedicated June 24, 6000 A.L.

By Julia C. Bulette Chapter E. Clampus Vitus

Marker is on B Street near Union Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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