The Rhodes Cabin was built in 1928 to accommodate tourists visiting what was then Lehman Caves National Monument, now

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. The cabin was one of several built by local contractor Charles Davis near the entrance to Lehman Caves for concessioners Clarence and Bea Rhodes. Rhodes built a number of structures in the area, including the "Pine Bowery" and the "Lehman Tea Room", as well as developing access within Lehman Cave. The one room log cabin measures , with two doors, four windows and a dirt floor. The cabin is now part of an interpretative exhibit. The state of

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paid Rhodes $15,000 for his facilities in 1932 and donated the property to the Park Service in 1933. During the 1930s the cabin was converted for housing for

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employees. It is one of the last surviving structures of its era in the park. Rhodes cabin Nevada

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* * {{National Register of Historic Places Log cabins in the United States Houses in White Pine County, Nevada Houses completed in 1928 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Nevada State Register of Historic Places 1928 establishments in Nevada Historic American Buildings Survey in Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Great Basin National Park Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada