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词条 Virgin Valley Heritage Museum
释义

  1. History

  2. Collection

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Desert Valley Museum
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| image = Virgin Valley Heritage Museum.jpg
| caption = Virgin Valley Heritage Museum
| location= 31 W. Mesquite Blvd., Mesquite, Nevada
| coordinates = {{coord|36|48|15|N|114|4|5|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Nevada#USA
| architect = National Youth Administration; Walter Warren Hughes
| architecture = Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Vernacular Pueblo Revival
| added = October 24, 1991
| area = less than one acre
| governing_body = Local
| refnum = 91001527[1]
}}

The Virgin Valley Heritage Museum, originally known as the Desert Valley Museum, is in Mesquite, Nevada and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The museum displays exhibits about area pioneers and local history.

History

The building was designed by Walter Warren Hughes and built by the National Youth Administration in the Vernacular Pueblo Revival style.[2]

Opened in 1940 as a library, it was converted around 1945 to a Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital branch. From 1977 to 1984, the building was used by the Boy Scouts of America for meetings.

It opened as the Desert Valley Museum on May 23, 1985. In July 2001, the name was changed to the Virgin Valley Heritage Museum.

The site was listed as a building in the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 1991.[3]

Collection

The collection includes artifacts from about 1875 to 1935.

References

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.mesquitenv.com/area/default.cfm?doc_id=137&storyID=87&arcID=87 |title= Museum Provides Archive of History and People |accessdate=20 March 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061022223221/http://www.mesquitenv.com/area/default.cfm?doc_id=137&storyID=87&arcID=87 |archivedate = October 22, 2006}}
1. ^{{NRISref|2009a}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Desert_Valley_Museum |title= Desert Valley Museum |accessdate=20 March 2007 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/DOCS/shpo/entries/clark.htm |title=Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=20 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617204242/http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/shpo/entries/clark.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}

External links

  • Virgin Valley Heritage Museum – City of Mesquite
{{Nevada State Historic Places/Clark}}

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