The Ice House

The Ice House stood about 150 feet behind this location as part of the Pitt Mill and Elevator Company, which sold lumber, garden supplies, farm supplies, paint, and wallpaper after W.C. Pitt moved the company there around 1912. In 1904, ice harvested from the river and sloughs was reported to be six inches thick and of good quality, then cut, packed in straw, and used for refrigeration on railway cars and for local creamery products. A 1931 newspaper article reported that the Pitt Mill was grinding wheat into prize-winning flour. In 1975, a fire destroyed everything but the ice house in one of the worst fires fought by the Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department, and a firefighter recalled that crews eventually had to let it burn itself out while saving nearby properties. The ice house was later removed at the end of 2016 because of safety concerns.

Lovelock, Nevada · United States