Chinese Free Mason Hall

University of Nevada, Reno: Special Collections

The Chinese Free Mason Hall was in Carson City's Chinatown, at 408 E. Third St. Much of Chinatown dated back to the 1870s, when the Chinese came to Carson City to build the railroad and work as woodcutters in the mountains. The population of Chinatown may have reached as high as 1,000, but by the 1930s there were only a few dozen Chinese in the whole town. A few of them still called Chinatown home, but mostly it was a ghost town by that time. Chinatown was gone by the 1950s.

Date Uploaded: April 13, 2025

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Source Caption: Photograph of the front of a building with the sign Free Masonic Hall beneath Chinese characters in the part of Carson City known as Chinatown; Title taken from photograph; Caption on image: Chinese Free Masonic Hall-Carson City; Photographic print, 3 x 5 inches

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