Elko NV Photos

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246 Silver Street
Elko, NV 89801-3655
(775) 753-869

This Basque hotel was built in 1910 by Pete and Matilda Jauregui and, with other Basque hotels in town, is a social center for the Basque community.

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Built in 1869 as the Humboldt Lodging House, it was purchased in 1893 and renamed the Commercial Hotel in 1941, the hotel gave birth to big-name entertainment in Nevada when Ted Lewis, with his orchestra, opened in the Commercial Lounge.

That successful merging began in 1937 when Newton Cromley opened the first lounge in the Commercial Hotel. Although the hotel bar had been open, even during periods of prohibition, the new addition was Elko's first sophisticated cocktail lounge. There was a small dance floor in front of an alcove where three or four musicians held forth entertain bar patrons and dancing couples. The popularity of the room led Newton Hunt Crubley, son of the hotel's owner, to the idea that made him the "Father" of big name hotel-casino show business.

Through young Newt's activities big time entertainment thrived in Elko for more than two decades.

In early 1941 remodeling was completed on a new show area just west of the old lounge.

Young Cromley contracted the "High-hatted Tragedian of Jazz" along with his world famous orchestra and 21-member stage revue for an eight-day run. On April 26, Lewis began the parade of big name entertainers to Elko. The tab was $12,000 per week, a fabulous price for a modest-sized city like Elko.

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