Giacomo Ramoni Building
Built of locally quarried sandstone in 1871, this two-story sandstone commercial building originally was the French Hotel, a saloon run by Gacino Bernardo and a barbershop run by Giacomo Ramoni. The building is a wood frame structural system with a sandstone foundation and the exterior is made of locally quarried sandstone with textured stucco. Giacomo Ramoni built the building after the 1867 fire that destroyed most of the block. There are three French doors on the second floor flanked by floor length wood shutters and there are wall mounted metal light fixtures at the first story.
In February 1873 the building, known as the Stone Hotel, was sold by Bernardo and Ramoni to James McMahon. In the 1960’s Larry and Paulina Lushbaugh restored the buildings and combined two store fronts into the Brass Lantern Restaurant, which served lunches and dinners. The second floor was apartments. Alterations at the time included first story door modifications and alterations to the balcony and posts below were added.
The Cutting Horse Restaurant moved into the building in the 1970’s and was regionally known as one of the finest cattleman’s steak houses in the area. The restaurant closed its doors in the late 2000’s. Today the building remains vacant.
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