Tonopah
Mizpah Hotel
George Wingfield and partners' five-story hotel, opened in 1908 with Tonopah's first elevator; Cline Cellars' owners reopened it in 2011.
- Built
- 1907–08The five-story stone and brick hotel was built in 1907-08 and opened November 17, 1908; it is joined to the three-story 1905 Brougher-Govan block, which served as the first Mizpah (NRHP nomination). The hotel gives 1907.
- Architect
- Morrill J. Curtis
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Financed by George Wingfield, George S. Nixon, Cal Brougher and Bob Govan, the five-story Mizpah opened in November 1908 and, with the Belvada across the street, was the tallest building in Nevada until 1927; it had Tonopah’s first elevator. Legends that Wyatt Earp kept the bar and Jack Dempsey was a bouncer are unproven. Frank Scott of Las Vegas restored it after buying it in 1979. Closed from 1999, it was bought by Fred and Nancy Cline of Cline Cellars in 2011 and reopened that August.
The ghost story
Guests report the Lady in Red, said to be the ghost of a woman murdered on the fifth floor by a jealous lover or husband. Ghost Adventures featured her, and USA Today readers ranked the Mizpah the best haunted hotel in the US in 2018.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Pets welcome
- Address: 100 N Main St, Tonopah, NV 89049
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.