Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park

Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
State Historic Park
Fort walls
Reconstructed portion of fort
in downtown Las Vegas
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is located in Downtown Las Vegas
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
State Historic Park
Location in Las Vegas
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is located in Nevada
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
State Historic Park
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
State Historic Park (Nevada)
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Coordinates36°10′50″N 115°08′01″W / 36.18056°N 115.13361°W / 36.18056; -115.13361[1]
Area3.16 acres (1.28 ha)[2]
Elevation1,923 ft (586 m)[1]
Established1991
Administered byNevada Division of State Parks
DesignationNevada state historic park
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Las Vegas Mormon Fort
Part of the original fort, later remodeled and used as a testing laboratory by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Location500 E. Washington Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Area0.699 acres
Built1855
NRHP reference No.72000764 (original)
78003379 (increase)
MARKER No.35
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1972
Boundary increaseDecember 12, 1978

Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is a state park of Nevada. It contains the Old Mormon Fort (completed 1855), the first permanent structure built in what would become Las Vegas fifty years later.[3] In present-day Las Vegas, the site is at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue, less than one mile north of the downtown area and Fremont Street. This is the only U.S. state park located in a city that houses the first building ever built in that city.[4] The fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1972.[5] The site is memorialized with a tablet erected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997,[6] along with Nevada Historical Marker #35,[7] and two markers placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

  1. ^ a b "Las Vegas Mormon Fort (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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