Frank Quinville House
Frank Quinville lived here sometime after he moved to Bodie in the 1880’s. He worked for the Standard Mill as a blacksmith, and must have done pretty well – this is a pretty nice house for a laborer of the day. Gallery…
Bodie Schoolhouse
The schoolhouse is one of the better looking buildings in town. It was originally the Bon Ton Lodging House in 1879, but was later converted to the school house, after the first one was burned down. The first school house was burned down by a small boy who had gotten …
Hydro-Electric Power Substation
This brick building, attached to the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel, helped bring Bodie into the 20th century. It houses transformers once used for powering the Standard Mill. You can see what is left of the white paint that covered the walls. Originally, the mill was run by steam power, but …
Wheaton and Hollis Hotel and Bodie Store
In 1885-86, this building served as the United States Land Office. The Land Office was established on January 5th, 1879 and was moved here later. It’s purpose was to handle the applications for the purchase of the government land, and to receive the money for those lands. H. Z. Osborne …
Boone Store and Warehouse
Chock full of hundreds of interesting artifacts from the years gone by, this 1879 building was owned by Harvey Boone (incidentally, a direct descendant of Daniel Boone!). In July 1884 this building was almost destroyed by a fire that gobbled up the buildings from Boone’s store to Kingsley’s stables – …
Johl House
This was the home of Eli and Lottie Johl. Eli came to the United States of America in 1865 from Germany, and eventually made his way to Bodie. He and a partner, Charles Donnelly, setup the Union Market Butcher Shop. Lottie began her time in Bodie as a prostitute, and …
Bodie Firehouse
Here stands the lone Bodie fire station. Once nestled between other wooden buildings of the like, it now stands as a memorial to the once booming town of Bodie. At one point in time, there were four fire companies for Bodie! At one point, a fire broke out at the …
Sam Leon Bar and Barber Shop
The Moyle brothers had a store on north Main Street. Later, George Moyle operated a bottling plan on south Main St. It was also the “Hise Restaurant” in later years. Gallery…
U. S. Hotel
The U. S. Hotel was one of the larger structures in Bodie. In 1932, the second of two major fires destroyed the hotel. Gallery…
Bodie Bank
J. S. Cain bought The Bodie Bank in 1890 from E. L. Benedict after making quite a large fortune from a block of ground in the Standard Mine. From then on, Cain would be investing and building in the town quite a bit. Because Cain owned the bank and had …
Stuart Kirkwood Livery Stable
This is the location of the Stuart Kirkwood Livery Stable. During Bodie’s boom time, hundreds and hundreds of horses and wagons were needed to run the town. No doubt this building has seen a lot of horseshoes, broken wagon wheels, and worn yolks and harnesses. Gallery…
Bodie Jail
The Bodie Jail was built in 1877 and cost about $800. It’s approximately 14 feet x 18 feet, and has two cells. It’s been written that the jail wasn’t built very well, but it certainly saw a lot of “guests”. Purportedly, only one prisoner ever escaped. Bail was usually $5 …
Lester Bell House
Lester Bell worked at the Standard Mill and was a long time friend of J. S. Cain‘s. In the 1890’s the cyanide leaching process was developed and Cain and Alex McCone built a cyanide plant for the Standard Mill.After Lester had worked at the Mill for many years, Cain moved …
Cameron House
Although this is called the Cameron house, later on in it’s history, it was a residence of Martha and James Stuart Cain. Gallery
Seiler House
Seiler owned a saloon on the corner of Union and Main Streets. Gallery
Donnelly House
Charlie Donnelly was a butcher who married English artist Annie Pagdin. Later this house was occupied by E. W. Billeb and his wife Dolly, daughter of James S. and Martha Cain. Mr. Billeb was the last superintendent and manager of the old Bodie and Benton Railroad (later the Mono Lake …
Sawmill
This small sawmill was probably running quite often. Bodie is above the tree line for the area, which means that all the wood in town needed to be hauled in from other areas. As logs were brought into town and sold, they would end up at sawmills like this one, …
James Stuart Cain’s home
Here is a residence of Mr. J.S. Cain, who was eventually the town’s principal property owner. Cain moved to Bodie when he was 25 and built an empire. He began building his empire by putting lumber barges on Mono Lake and transporting timber for Bodie – the same timber that …
Mendocini House
Annie Mendocini lived here. Her father drove freight wagons from Aurora. Residents Annie Mendocini Gallery
Tom Miller House
Tom Miller worked at Mono Mills for the Mono Lake Railway & Lumber Company (formerly known as the Bodie & Benton Railroad, and other names). Much of the Jeffrey pine lumber used in the construction of Bodie came from Mono Mills.