A 1906 stone saloon on Tonopah's Main Street, operating since its mining-era founding and reportedly haunted by a prankster called Devil Davis and a former barmaid named Hattie
133 N Main St, Tonopah, NV 89049
Research updated June 2026
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First-floor bar in a 1906 stone building on Main Street. Call ahead for current accessibility details.
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Est. 1906 · National Register of Historic Places (1982) · One of Four Remaining Tonopah Stone Buildings · Tonopah Silver Boom Commercial Architecture
Tonopah's silver strike in 1900 touched off a construction boom along Main Street, but most of what went up was wood. The Tonopah Liquor Company building, completed in 1906, was an exception. Col. Jack Gunn, Tom Griffin, and Dave Holland acquired the property in May 1905, purchasing a wooden saloon structure from a local businessman known as 'Uncle' Hank Knight. They replaced it with a two-story coursed-ashlar stone building in the Neoclassical Revival style, complete with a large pediment and stone cornice.
The result was assessed by a later historic survey as 'the most well-crafted of the remaining buildings' in the town. Its first-floor interior featured a high-vaulted, inset, polychrome ceiling — a level of finish that set it apart from neighboring establishments. The basement preserved period equipment including a furnace and early ice box, and once served as storage for the spirits inventory.
The building cycled through owners and names over the decades, operating at one point as the Ace Club. The iconic neon signage on its facade — depicting dice and playing cards — dates from a mid-century iteration of the business. Current owners Marc and Tiffany Grigory acquired the building and business in June 2015 and established the 'Whiskey 100 Club' to honor the bar's heritage.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1982 (reference no. 82003249), and remains one of only four stone structures surviving from Tonopah's early-twentieth-century downtown.
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The TLC's ghost lore names two figures. The first is George 'Devil' Davis, a Tonopah mining-era character whose nickname reflected his reputation for elaborate pranks. Davis is buried in the Old Tonopah Cemetery, and his grave can be found using the Old Cemetery Walking Tour Brochure available at local hotels, museums, and the town office — an unusual verification point that ties the lore to a documented burial record.
Davis's reported activity at the bar matches his reputation in life: visitors describe mischief rather than menace — objects slightly out of place, the sense of being watched while nothing is there. Tonopah's official tourism listings describe him as continuing his 'playful antics' from beyond.
The second figure, Hattie, was reportedly a barmaid who worked at the establishment. She is described as a presence more felt than seen, associated with a feeling of calm or comfort rather than unease. Accounts note she was 'especially kind to children,' which places her apparition in the benevolent category that characterizes much of Tonopah's ghost lore alongside the neighboring Mizpah Hotel.
Neither story has a known origin in a specific documented incident. The lore is drawn from Tonopah's official haunted tourism page and reflects the oral tradition of a small mining town with a documented 120-year bar culture.
Notable Entities
The TLC, as locals call it, occupies one of only four remaining stone structures from Tonopah's silver-boom era. The 1906 coursed-ashlar building features a high-vaulted polychrome ceiling on the first floor and retains original neon signage depicting dice and playing cards on its facade. Current owners Marc and Tiffany Grigory have operated it since 2015.
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