Bottle House in Ryholite Nevada

ktbi · Jul 28, 2009

I visited the famous Bottle House in Rhyolite, Nevada a couple weeks ago. It was built in 1906 and the original owner used 50,000 beer, whiskey, soda, and medicine bottles to build his house. It's been restored and fenced off but I managed to get in and take some pictures anyhow. I recognized a Web's Liver and Kidney, a Lash's, and a Hostetter's but most of them I could not identify immediately. I found three other bottle houses in Tonopah and will post pictures in a separate thread later.....Ron

pyshodoodle · Jul 28, 2009

I guess that settles the dispute that it's impossible for some bottles to turn dark purple without being nuked! Those have been sitting in the sun for at least 106 years!

pyshodoodle · Jul 28, 2009

What's on the inside? Lots of pegs to hang your clothes & stuff?

cyberdigger · Jul 28, 2009

Awesome!! Now I have a reason to keep hitting the fleas!
Here's an earlier pic:

Wilkie · Jul 28, 2009

There is a house just like that in the ghost town/tourist trap of Calico (California?? or Nevada??

ktbi · Jul 28, 2009

You are right Wilkie. Bottle houses are more common that advertised. A few are made into tourist traps. Here are the two other bottle houses I found - both in GoldField - not far from Tonopah. This first one is still being used as an antique shop. They sell a lot of very nice bottles in here and had good prices. I bought four. The owner is an 80 year old Gent and an ex-president of the LA Bottle Club. He's holding five GoldField bottles for another buyer that I may be able to get at a later date if the other buyer doesn't show....Ron

ktbi · Jul 28, 2009

This is the other bottle house I stopped at in Goldfield. I could see 3 others up on the hill. This one was right beside the highway....Ron

cyberdigger · Jul 28, 2009

I just read that they did this because timber was scarce.. and in that climate and environment, few trees and lots of thirsty settlers, it kind of makes sense...

capsoda · Jul 28, 2009

There is a whole community of them in Nevada or Utah.

Wilkie · Jul 28, 2009

Looks like some desparate bottle diggers got to the other two. I wonder if any of those could be removed without breaking the bottles.

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